Edward Rehatsek
Edward Rehatsek (born July 3, 1819 in Ilok , † December 11, 1891 in Bombay ) was an Austrian - Hungarian orientalist , teacher of Latin and mathematics . He translated literary texts from Arabic and Persian .
Life
Rehatsek studied and obtained his doctorate in Budapest , but left his fatherland in 1842. After stays in France and the United States , he settled permanently in Bombay in 1847 and worked there as a teacher of mathematics and Latin at Wilson College. He stopped working there in 1871 and worked at the University of Bombay for the next ten years . He edited the Persian and Arabic inscriptions in Guzerat for the Archaeological Survey of India (Bombay 1885) and published a catalog of Arabic, Persian, Turkish and Hindostani manuscripts in the Mulla Firuz library (Bombay 1873) as well as English translations of Persian scripts.
Translations
- Mumtaz Farahi : Amusing Stories and Fortune and Misfortune [1871]. 2009. ISBN 1-120145147
- Ibn Ishāq : The Life of Muhammad, Apostle of Allah . Edited by Michael Edwardes. London 2003.
- Gulistan or Rose Garden of Sa'di . Ed. with a preface by WG Archer. New York 1966.
- The Beharistan (Abode of Spring): A Literal Translation from the Persian . 2010. ISBN 1-141590700
Fonts
- Catalog Raisonné of the Arabic, Hindostani, Persian, and Turkish Manuscripts in the Mulla Firuz Library . [1873]. 2010. ISBN 1-164599321
Web links
- Eduárd Rehatsek , in: A Pallas Nagy Lexikona (Hungarian)
- SUB GÖ
- Literature by and about Edward Rehatsek in the catalog of the German National Library
- English translations of the earliest life of Mohammed
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rehatsek, Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austro-Hungarian orientalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 3, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ilok |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 1891 |
| Place of death | Bombay |