Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 CAS-CAS/10-CAS/10/6-CAS/10/6/6
Title
Correspondence from A.J. Wensinck
Date(s)
- 22 December 1930 - 26 January 193[2] (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
Typed and handwritten, 3 letters.
Context area
Name of creator
(1882 - 1939)
Biographical history
Arent Jen Wensinck, from 1912 until 1927, was professor of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Syriac at the University of Leiden, and in 1927 he succeeded Snouck Hurgronje as professor of Arabic and Islam at the same university, at which post he remained until his death.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence from A.J. Wensinck to Charles Ambrose Storey to ask Storey to contribute an article on ' Mollā Shah, the Indian saint' for the Encyclopaedia of Islam.
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Description identifier
gb 891 cas/10/6/6