LAMMENS Henri.

La république marchande de la Mecque vers l'an 600 de notre ère. s.l.n.d. In-8 bradel 54 p. Extract from Bulletin de l'Institut égyptien t. IV (1910). Belgian-born Jesuit priest, Arabist orientalist and historian of Islam, Henri Lammens (d.1937) spent most of his life in Syria/Lebanon. From 1897 onwards, he devoted all his time to research, travel and writing. He visited the remotest corners of Syria to learn more about its inhabitants, customs and language. His first publications were of an educational nature (a dictionary and a manual for Arabic speakers). His main works then concerned the history of Islam and the Arab world, a field in which he became one of the great specialists of his time, and in which his works are still authoritative. Belgian-born Jesuit priest, Orientalist and historian of Islam, Henri Lammens (d.1937) spent most of his life in Syria and Lebanon. From 1897, he devoted all his time to research to research, travel and and writing. He visited the remotest of Syria to learn more about its inhabitants, customs and language. His first publications were educational (a dictionary and a manual for Arabic speakers). His main works then concerned the history of Islam and the Arab world, a field in which he became one of the great specialists of his time, and in which his works are still authoritative.