Gabriel Ferrand

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Gabriel Ferrand

Gabriel Ferrand (22 January 1864 – 31 January 1935) was a French orientalist, writer and linguistic expert who worked in Madagascar.

Letter by the brother of Ferrand to Snouck Hurgronje (1935)

Gabriel Ferrand was born in Marseille. He graduated from the School of Oriental Languages. Also, he was the author of a Malagasy Essay and a Dictionary of the Language of Madagascar. He was a member of the Society of Linguistics of Paris and the Asian Society, and one of the editors of the Asian Journal.[1] He died in Paris, aged 71.

  • Ferrand, Gabriel: (1924) L'élément persan dans les textes nautiques arabes des XVe et XVIe siècles. Offprint from: Journal Asiatique (Paris), April-June 1924, pp. 193-257.[2]
  • Ferrand, Gabriel: (1928) Les Sultans de Kilwa. Offprint from Publications de l'Institut des Hautes-Études Marocaines, vol. 17, 239-260. Mémorial Henri Basset. Nouvelles Études Nord-Africaines et Orientales. Paris: Librarie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1928.[2]

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