André du Ryer
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André Du Ryer (b. Marcigny, Bourgogne, c. 1580; d. 1660 or 1672) was a French orientalist who gave the third western translation of the Qur'an.
Works
- Grammaire turque (1630)
- Gulistan, ou l'empire des roses (1634)
- L'Alcoran de Mahomet (1647)
See also
External links
- The Nativity of Jesus, Blesséd be He, in the Koran
- Andre Du Ryer and Oriental Studies in Seventeenth-Century France (Studies in the Arcadian Library)