Edward William Lane's "Description of Egypt"

In: International journal of Middle East studies: IJMES, Band 28, Heft 4, S. 565-583

Abstract

Few Western students of the Arab world are as well known as the 19th-century British scholar Edward William Lane (1801–76). During his long career, Lane produced a number of highly influential works:An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians(1836), a translation ofThe Thousand and One Nights(1839–41),Selections from the Ḳur-án(1843), and theArabic–English Lexicon(1863–93). TheArabic–English Lexiconremains a pre-eminent work of its kind, andManners and Customs of the Modern Egyptiansis still a basic text for both Arab and Western students. Through his published work, Lane contributed substantially to the prevailing Western picture of the Arab world.