Nathaniel Bland
Nathaniel Bland (born February 3, 1803 in Liverpool , † August 10, 1865 ) was an English orientalist and cricketer (Marylebone Cricket Club).
At the age of twenty Bland came in 1823 as a student at Christ Church College in Oxford and was able to complete his studies with the title " Bachelor " two years later . From this time on, Bland dealt almost exclusively with oriental philology .
Works (selection)
Bland published the vast majority of his essays in the journal of the Royal Asiatic Society .
- as translator
- Muhammad Aufi: On the earliest Persian Biography of Poets and on some other Works of the Class called "Tazkirat al-Shûará" . London 1848.
- Persian chess, illustrated from oriental sources; especially in reference to the great chess, improperly ascribed to Timur, and in vindication of the Persian origin of the game, against the claims of the Hindus . London 1850.
- A century of persian ghazalo from unpublished diwans . London 1859.
- as editor
- Nisâmi : Makhzanalasrâr. Seal . 1844.
- Hajy Lutf Ali (Beg of Isfahan): Account of the Atech Kedah. A Biographical Work on the Persian Poets . London 1843.
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| SURNAME | Bland, Nathaniel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English orientalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 3, 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liverpool |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 1865 |