Title:

L'Alcoran de Mahomet

Short title

Title variations

Title in English

The Alcoran of Mahomet

Section

Language

French

Creation date

1709

Genre

Translation of the Qur’an

Content

Translation

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Prose

Qur'an quotations

Yes

Original

Source

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Use (micro-category)

Bibliographical references

https://www.zotero.org/groups/2447618/euqu_european_quran/collections/W8V4AJZW/tags/Antoine%20Galland/item-list

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Antoine Galland produced a complete and original translation of the Qur'an in the years 1709-1712. Encouraged by his patron, abbé Jean-Paul Bignon (1662-1743), Galland made the translation on the basis of various Qur'anic manuscripts, some of which contained Persian and Turkish Ottoman interlinear translations of the Qur'an. He considered to have therefore been able to better grasp the Muslim understanding of the text and to have "corrected" Marracci's translation on a number of points. Galland's translation contained historical and grammatical notes and various accompanying texts, including a biography of the Prophet. The unpublished two-volume manuscript was bequeathed to Bignon. Its trace was lost after 1728 (see F. Bauden).

Entry author

Emmanuelle Stefanidis