Jaba, Alexandre, 1803-1894
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Name (Latin)
Jaba, Alexandre, 1803-1894
Other forms of name
Jaba, Aleksandr, 1803-1894
Jaba, August, 1803-1894
Jaba, İskender, 1803-1894
Jaba, Ogist, 1803-1894
Kościesza-Żaba, August, 1803-1894
Żaba, August Kościesza-, 1803-1894
Jaba, Auguste, 1803-1894
Date of birth
1801
Date of death
1894-01-03
Associated Language
fre
Gender
male
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Ferhengî Kurdî-Ferensî, 2010:title page (Ogist Jaba)
- Kürtlere dair kısa tanıtım yazıları ve öyküler derlemesi, 2016:t.p. (Alexandre Jaba) aded t.p. verso (İskender (Aleksandr - August) Jaba)
- Opowieści kurdyjskie Meli Mahmuda Bajazidiego i Augusta Kościeszy-Żaby, 2018.
- Recueil de notices et récits kourdes servant à la connaissance de la langue, 1860:t.p. (Alexandre Jaba) prel. p. 5 (Russian consul at Erzurum, Turkey)
- Dictionnaire Kurde-Francais, 1879:t.p. (M. Auguste Jaba) prel. p. 3 (Russian consul at Erzurum, Turkey; known for his Recueil de Notices et de Recits kourdes ... St-Petersbourg 1860)
- Pîrbal, Ferhad. Mela Mehmûdî Bayezîdî, 1799-1867, 2000: p. 9 (Alexandre Jaba; 1803-1894)
Wikipedia description:
August Kościesza-Żaba (1801, in Krāslava – 3 January 1894, in İzmir), from coat of arms of Kościesza, was a Polish orientalist and diplomatist in Russian service. He studied Eastern languages in Saint Petersburg, Russia (1824–1828). During 1848–1866, August worked as a translator in Russian consulates in Jaffa and İzmir and as a consul in Erzurum. August Kościesza-Żaba was researching habits, literature and language of Kurdish people and in 1861, published results in French language paper Receueil des notices et récits de la littérature et des tribus du Kourdistan. He is also an author of Dictionnaire kurde-français, the first French-Kurdish dictionary (1879).
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