Paul Marty (1882-1938) was a

French military The French Armed Forces (, ) are the military forces of France. They consist of four military branches – the Army, the Navy, the Air and Space Force, and the National Gendarmerie. The National Guard serves as the French Armed Forces' military ...

officer,

colonial administrator Colonialism is the control of another territory, natural resources and people by a foreign group. Colonizers control the political and tribal power of the colonised territory. While frequently an Imperialism, imperialist project, colonialism c ...

, interpreter and writer on

Islam Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...

. Marty was born in

Boufarik Boufarik is a town in Blida Province, Algeria, approximately 30 km from Algiers. In 2008, its population was 57,162.popul ...

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

Works

* ''Études sur l'Islam maure. Cheikh Sidïa. Les Fadelia. Les Ida ou Ali'', 1916 * ''Études sur l'Islam au Sénégal'', 1917 * ''L'Islam en Guinée : Fouta-Diallon'', 1917 * ''Études sur l'Islam et les tribus du Soudan'', 1918 * ''Études sur l'Islam et les tribus maures; les Brakna'', 1920 * ''Études sur l'Islam en Côte d'Ivoire'', 1922 * ''Études sur l'Islam au Dahomey : le bas Dahomey, le haut Dahomey'', 1926 * ''L'islam et les tribus dans la colonie du Niger'', 1930

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