Reinhart Dozy


Reinhart Pieter Anne Dozy was a Dutch scholar of French origin, who was born in Leiden. He was an Orientalist scholar of Arabic language, history and literature.

Biography

The Dozys, like other contemporary French families, emigrated to the Low Countries after the revocation of the edict of Nantes, but some of the former appear to have settled in the Netherlands as early as 1647. Dozy studied at the University of Leiden, obtained the degree of doctor in 1844, was appointed an extraordinary professor of history in 1850, and professor in 1857. Dozy was a correspondent of the Royal Institute between 1848 and 1851. He became a member of the successor institute, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, in 1855.

Works

In 1847 Reinhart Dozy's extensive studies in Oriental literature, Arabic language and history, resulted in his first publication, The History of the Almohads, preceded by a Sketch of the History of Spain from the time of the conquest till the reign of Yusuf ibn Tashfin, and of the history of the Almoravids. This translation of an original thirteenth century Arabic history, titled "Kitab al-mujib fi talkhis akhbar ahl al-Maghrib" by the Almohad historian Abdelwahid al-Marrakushi, was reprinted in 1881 and 1968. Al-Marrakushi had lived nine years in Al-Andalus from 1206-1215. He had visited Egypt and Mecca in 1221, and returned to Morocco to complete his book in 1224.
Other works include:
, circa 1154, by Muhammad al Idris. Notice the sketches of the Black Sea, Spain, Italy, the Red Sea and the Caspian Sea towards the lower part of the map
Works Edited by Dozy:
According to Edward Said, despite the "enormous labors" represented by Dozy's work, it was characterized by an "impressive antipathy to the Orient, Islam, and the Arabs".