August Kościesza-Żaba from coat of arms of Kościesza

Coat of arms of Kosciesza

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, was a Polish

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 orientalist, diplomatist in Russia

Russia

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n service. He studied Eastern languages in Saint Petersburg

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, Russia (1824-1828). During 1848-1866, August worked as a translator in Russian consulates in Jaffa

Jaffa

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 and İzmir and as a consul in Erzurum

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August Kościesza-Żaba was researching habits, literature and language of Kurdish people

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 and in 1861, published results in French language

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 paper Receueil des notices et récits de la littérature et des tribus du Kourdistan. He is also an author of Dictionnaire kurde-français, the first French

French language

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-Kurdish

Kurdish language

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dictionary (1879).