Abel Jean Baptiste Michel Pavet de Courteille (23 June 1821 – 12 December 1889) was a 19th-century French orientalist, who specialized in the study of

Turkic languages The Turkic languages are a language family of more than 35 documented languages, spoken by the Turkic peoples of Eurasia from Eastern Europe and Southern Europe to Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia (Siberia), and West Asia. The Turkic langua ...

Career

Through his mother, Sophie Silvestre (1793-1877), he was Antoine-Isaac Silvestre de Sacy's grandson. He taught Turkish at the

Collège de France The (), formerly known as the or as the ''Collège impérial'' founded in 1530 by François I, is a higher education and research establishment () in France. It is located in Paris near La Sorbonne. The has been considered to be France's most ...

, as extraordinary professor in 1854 and then as holder of an ordinary chair in 1861. In 1873, he succeeded

Emmanuel de Rougé ''Vicomte'' Olivier Charles Camille Emmanuel de Rouge (11 April 1811 – 27 December 1872) was a French Egyptologist, philologist and a member of the House of Rougé. Biography He was born on 11 April 1811, in Paris, the son of Charles Cami ...

at the

Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres The () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the . The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions (epigraphy) and historical literature (see Belles-lettres). History ...

. He was also a member of the

Société asiatique The Société Asiatique (, ) is a French learned society dedicated to the study of Asia. It was founded in 1822 with the mission of developing and diffusing knowledge of Asia. Its boundaries of geographic interest are broad, ranging from the Mag ...

. He led Turcology to the study of Central Asian languages and was the author of a dictionary of Eastern Turkish and of several editions and translations of texts. He is buried at

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(44th division).

Publications

* ''Dictionnaire turk-oriental, destiné principalement à faciliter la lecture des ouvrages de

Babur Babur (; 14 February 148326 December 1530; born Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad) was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his father and mother respectively. He was also ...

, d' Aboul-Gâzi et de

Ali-Shir Nava'i 'Ali-Shir Nava'i (9 February 1441 – 3 January 1501), also known as Nizām-al-Din ʿAli-Shir Herawī ( Chagatai: نظام الدین علی شیر نوایی, ) was a Timurid poet, writer, statesman, linguist, Hanafi Maturidi mystic and ...

'', Paris, Imprimerie impériale, 1870 (562 pages). * (with Abdolonyme Ubicini) ''État présent de l'

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

: statistique, gouvernement, administration, finances, armée, communautés non musulmanes, etc., d'après le Salnâmèh (Annuaire impérial) pour l'année 1293 de l'Hégire (1875-76) et les documents officiels les plus récents'', Paris, J. Dumaine, 1876.

Editions and translations

* ''Conseils de Nabi Efendi à son fils Aboul Khair'', published in Turkish with French translation and notes, Paris, Imprimerie impériale, 1857. * ''Histoire de la campagne de Mohacz'', by Kemal Pacha Zadeh, published for the first time with the French translation and notes, Paris, Imprimerie impériale, 1859. * '' Mémoires de Baber'' ( Zahir-ed-Din-Mohammed), founder of the Mongol dynasty in Hindustan, translated from the Chagatai text, Paris, Maisonneuve, 1871. * ''

Miraj Nameh The version of the ''Miraj Nameh'' (Mirâj Nâmeh) (to persian:معراج نامه) in the National Library of France, "supplément turc 190" is an Islamic manuscript created in the fifteenth century, in the workshops of Herat in Khorasan (mod ...

'', published after the

Uyghur Uyghur may refer to: * Uyghurs, a Turkic ethnic group living in Eastern and Central Asia (West China) ** Uyghur language, a Turkic language spoken primarily by the Uyghurs *** Old Uyghur language, a different Turkic language spoken in the Uyghur K ...

manuscript, translated and annotated, Paris, E. Leroux, 1882. * ''Tezkereh-i-Evliâ. Le Mémorial des Saints'', translated from the Uighur manuscript of the Bibliothèque nationale, Paris, 1889-90 (2 vol.). * (with Charles Barbier de Meynard) ''

Al-Masudi al-Masʿūdī (full name , ), –956, was a historian, geographer and traveler. He is sometimes referred to as the "Herodotus of the Arabs". A polymath and prolific author of over twenty works on theology, history (Islamic and universal), geo ...

. Les Prairies d'or'', Arabic text and French translation, Paris, Imprimerie impériale (nationale), 1861-77 (9 volumes;He attended the first three volumes. collection of oriental works published by the Société asiatique).

References

External links

''Dictionnaire turk-oriental'' de Pavet de Courteille
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pavet de Courteille, Abel 1821 births 1889 deaths Linguists from France French orientalists Linguists of Turkic languages Translators from Turkish Arabic–French translators Translators to French Academic staff of the Collège de France Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Corresponding members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences Members of the Société Asiatique Writers from Paris Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery 19th-century French translators