Gottlieb William Leitner
Gottlieb William Leitner (born October 14, 1840 in Pest , Austrian Empire ; died March 22, 1899 in Bonn ) was an orientalist .
Life
Gottlieb William Leitner was the son of a doctor, his nephew was the British politician Leopold Stennett Amery .
Leitner received his training in Constantinople , in what was then Brussa , in Malta and at King's College London . He became a teacher of Arabic and Turkish there in 1859 and a few years later went to Lahore , India, where he made a living by founding numerous teaching institutions (including the Punjab University College ), literary societies and public libraries.
His research trips to Kashmir , Little Tibet , Ladakh , Dardistan etc. , which he undertook in the years 1866-1870 on behalf of the Punjab government, were of great importance, especially through the discovery of the Dardic languages , which are related to Sanskrit and which he learned with great difficulty and in the work The races and languages of Dardistan (Lahor 1867–1871, 2 vol .; 2nd ed. 1877) treated scientifically, and by finding the remains of a tribe in which Leitner descendants of a Macedonian settlement based on found Greek Buddhist sculptures the time of Alexander d. Size supposed.
His extensive collection of ancient Indian and Central Asian antiquities, coins, sculptures and manuscripts caused a sensation at the Vienna World Exhibition in 1873.
Publications
- On the Sciences of language and of ethnography, with general reference to the language and customs of the people of Hanza: A report of an extempore address . (after 1856).
- Introduction to a philosophical Grammar of Arabic: Being an attempt to discover a few simple principles in Arabic Grammar . Reprinted and slightly enlarged from the "Panjab Educational Magazine", Lahore 1871
- The Sinin-i-Islam; The races of Turkey; History of Dardistan, songs, legends etc; Graeco-budhistic discoveries; History of indigenous education in the Panjab since annexation .
- A lecture on the races of Turkey, both of Europe and of Asia, and the state of their education: being, principally, a contribution to Muhammadan education . Lahore 1871.
- A detailed analysis of Abdul Ghafur's dictionary of the terms used by criminal tribes in the Panjab . Lahore 1880.
- History of indigenous education in the Punjab since annexation and in 1882 . Calcutta 1882. Reprint Delhi: Amar Prakashan, 1982.
- The Hunza and Nagyr handbook being an introduction to a Knowledge of the language . Calcutta 1889.
- Dardistan in 1866, 1886 and 1893: being an account of the history, religions, customs, legends, fables, and songs of Gilgit, Chilas, Kandia (Gabrial), Yasin, Chitral, Hunza, Aagyr, and other parts of the Hindukush , Reprint of the Woking edition, Oriental Univ. Inst., 1893, New Delhi: Bhavana Books & Prints, 2001 ISBN 81-8650549-0
- Dardistan in 1866, 1886 and 1893: being an account of the history, religions, customs, legends, fables and songs of Gilgit Chilas, Kandia (Gabrial) Yasin, Chitral, Hunza, Nagyr and other parts of the Hindukush; as also a suppl. to the 2nd ed. of The Hunza and Nagyr handbook and an epitome of p. 3 of the author's "The languages and races of Dardistan" ( online ) . Reprint of the edition 1889, Karachi: Indus Publ., 1985.
literature
- Leitner Gottlieb William. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 119.
- Muhammad Ikram Chaghatai: Writings of Dr. Leitner: Islam, education, Dardistan, politics and culture of Northern areas . Comp. by Muhammad Ikram Chaghatai. Lahore: Government College Research and Publ. Society; Sang-e-Meel Publ., 2002. ISBN 969-351306-1
Web links
- Leitner, Gottlieb William , short biography in the Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leitner, Gottlieb William |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leitner, Gottlieb Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indologist and Asian researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pest , Austrian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 1899 |
| Place of death | Bonn |