Werner Caskel (March 5, 1896,
Danzig – January 28, 1970,
Cologne
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[http://www.saur.de/dbe/pdf/Aufge_Pers_C.pdf]) was a
German historian
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of
Muslim
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people. Caskel's specialties were Islamic history and tribal genealogy.
He taught as
professor
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at the
University of Berlin
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The university was established by Frederick William III on the initiative of Wilhelm von Humbol ...
(since 1946),
University of Cologne (since 1948).
Literary works
* ''
Arabic inscriptions'', 1936
* ''Die
Beduinen'' (with
Max von Oppenheim), 2 vols., 1939-1944
* ''Kalbī, Hišām Ibn-Muḥammad al-: Ǧamharat an-nasab'', 2 vols., 1966
References
External links
* http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/orient/htm/library/oppenheim.htm
* https://www.webcitation.org/5kpBHoQJr?url=http://www.geocities.com/martinkramerorg/JewishDiscovery.htm
Historians of Islam
1896 births
1970 deaths
German male non-fiction writers
20th-century German historians
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