The collection of proverbs of al-Shaykh al-Tantawi, Master of Orientalists in San Petersburg, and his folk notes

Authors

  • Soha Abboud-Haggar Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Keywords:

Muḥammad ‘Ayyād al-Ṭanṭāwī, Egyptian Proverbs, Egyptian folklore

Abstract

Al-Shayj Muḥammad ‘Ayyād al-Ṭanṭāwī (1810-1861), migrated to St. Petersburg in 1840 to teach to the future Russian Orientalists the Arabic language in its two reg- isters, the classical and the Cairene varieties. Among his legacy, there is a handwritten notebook containing short stories. By editing and studying this notebook, one concludes that nine of these short stories were created by the author to explain seven proverbs and two groups of popular verses. These sayings and verses with the accompanying short stories are analyzed, as well as the author’s contribution in linguistics and folklore studies.

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Published

2018-01-17

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Abboud-Haggar, S. (2018). The collection of proverbs of al-Shaykh al-Tantawi, Master of Orientalists in San Petersburg, and his folk notes. Miscelánea De Estudios Árabes Y Hebraicos. Sección Árabe-Islam, 67, 3–28. Retrieved from https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/meaharabe/article/view/14043

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Vol. 67 (2018)

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