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- catalog abstract ""Curiosity about Islam and fear of Islam went hand in hand in the seventeenth century. The French, early allies of the Ottoman government, planned crusades and dispatched missionaries to Ottoman territory with the object of crushing the Muslims. The work of Andre Du Ryer reflects these tensions and contradictions. After serving as French vice-consul in Egypt, as interpreter to the French ambassador in Istanbul, and as ambassador extraordinary to the Sultan, Du Ryer compiled one of the first Turkish grammars to be printed (1630); with his French translation of Sa'di's Gulistan (1634) he introduced Persian literature into Europe; and with his translation of the Quran (1647), the first vernacular version made directly from the Arabic ever to be published, he produced a best-seller which would be translated, in its turn, into English, Dutch, German and Russian and would affect the view of Islam all over Europe and even in America." "But how genuine were the reservations about the Muslims expressed by Du Ryer in the introductions to his works? Was there not in fact far more sympathy for Islam than would appear from the rhetorical attacks dictated by centuries of prejudice and by contemporary censorship? These are some of the questions asked by Alastair Hamilton and Francis Richard in this challenging study on an influential but all too neglected French orientalist and his world." Book Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13158555.
- catalog contributor b13158556.
- catalog contributor b13158557.
- catalog coverage "France Foreign relations 1610-1643.".
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""Curiosity about Islam and fear of Islam went hand in hand in the seventeenth century. The French, early allies of the Ottoman government, planned crusades and dispatched missionaries to Ottoman territory with the object of crushing the Muslims. The work of Andre Du Ryer reflects these tensions and contradictions. After serving as French vice-consul in Egypt, as interpreter to the French ambassador in Istanbul, and as ambassador extraordinary to the Sultan, Du Ryer compiled one of the first Turkish grammars to be printed (1630); with his French translation of Sa'di's Gulistan (1634) he introduced Persian literature into Europe; and with his translation of the Quran (1647), the first vernacular version made directly from the Arabic ever to be published, he produced a best-seller which would be translated, in its turn, into English, Dutch, German and Russian and would affect the view of Islam all over Europe and even in America." "But how genuine were the reservations about the Muslims expressed by Du Ryer in the introductions to his works? Was there not in fact far more sympathy for Islam than would appear from the rhetorical attacks dictated by centuries of prejudice and by contemporary censorship? These are some of the questions asked by Alastair Hamilton and Francis Richard in this challenging study on an influential but all too neglected French orientalist and his world." Book Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-183) and index.".
- catalog extent "192 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Andre Du Ryer and Oriental studies in seventeenth-century France.".
- catalog identifier "0197144020".
- catalog isFormatOf "Andre Du Ryer and Oriental studies in seventeenth-century France.".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in the Arcadian Library ; no. 1".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Arcadian Library ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Andre Du Ryer and Oriental studies in seventeenth-century France.".
- catalog spatial "France Foreign relations 1610-1643.".
- catalog spatial "France".
- catalog subject "944.032092 21".
- catalog subject "DS61.7.D87 H35 2003".
- catalog subject "Diplomats France Biography.".
- catalog subject "Du Ryer, André, approximately 1580-approximately 1660.".
- catalog subject "Middle East specialists France Biography.".
- catalog title "André Du Ryer and Oriental studies in seventeenth-century France / by Alastair Hamilton & Francis Richard.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".