Name

Leopold I

Original name

Leopold Ignaz Joseph Balthasar Franz Felician

Main activity

Ruler

Secondary activity

Title

Emperor

Name variations

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Education place

Education institution

Activity place

Vienna

Activity institution

Holy Roman Empire and House of Habsburg

Activity start date

1658

Activity end date

1705

Place of birth

Vienna

Date of birth

1640

Place of death

Vienna

Date of death

1705

Bibliographical references

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Ludovico Marracci's edition and translation of the Qur'an appeared in Padua in 1698, toward the close of the Great Turkish War, which began with the Ottoman siege of Vienna and ended in 1699 with the Treaty of Karlowitz, resulting in vast territorial gains for the Habsburgs in Eastern Europe at the expense of the Ottomans. Marracci's Qur'an is dedicated to Leopold.

Entry author

Asaph Ben Tov