- August Kościesza-Żaba
August Kościesza-Żaba (1801 in
Krasław –January 3 1894 inİzmir ), fromcoat of arms of Kościesza , was a Polish orientalist, diplomatist inRussia n service. He studied Eastern languages inSaint Petersburg , Russia (1824-1828). During 1848-1866, August worked as a translator in Russian consulates inJaffa andİzmir and as a consul inErzurum .August Kościesza-Żaba was researching habits, literature and language of
Kurdish people and in 1861, published results inFrench language paper "Receueil des notices et récits de la littérature et des tribus du Kourdistan". He is also an author of "Dictionnaire kurde-français", the first French-Kurdish dictionary (1879).References
* Marie de Testa & Antoine Gautier, "Auguste de Jaba (1801-1894), diplomate orientaliste russe et la connaissance de la langue kurde", in Drogmans et diplomates européens auprès de la Porte ottomane, éditions ISIS, Istanbul, 2003, pp. 441-461.
*Polish|August Kościesza-Żaba|17 November 2006
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