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Casiri, Miguel, 1710-1791

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Personal name headingCasiri, Miguel, 1710-1791
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Variant(s)Ghazīrī, Mīkhāʼīl, 1710-1791
Casiri, Michele, 1710-1791
LocatedRome (Italy) San Lorenzo del Escorial (Spain)
Birth date1710
Death date1791
Place of birthTripoli (Lebanon)
AffiliationEscorial. Real Biblioteca
Profession or occupationMiddle East specialists Priests Librarians
Found inal-Dhikrá al-miʼawīyah al-thāniyah lil-ʻālim al-Mārūnī Mīkhāʼīl al-Ghazīrī (1792-1992), 1999: p. 5 (Mīkhāʼīl al-Ghazīrī, 1708-1792)
World biog. index, Apr. 21, 2005: (Casiri, Miguel; archivist, priest, Spanish)
BGMI, Apr. 21, 2005: (Michele Casiri, 1710-1791)
RLIN database, April 21, 2005: (Casiri, Miguel, 1710-1791)
Bibliotheca arabico-hispana Escurialensis, 1760: t.p. (Michaelis Casiri, Syro-Maronitae, presbyteri, S. Theologiae Doctoris, regis à bibliotheca [Real Biblioteca of the Escorial], linguarumque orientalium interpretatione)
Wikipedia, Sept. 20, 2018: (Miguel Casiri; learned Maronite and orientalist; born in Tripoli, Lebanon; studied at Rome, where he lectured on Arabic, Syriac, Aramaic, philosophy and theology; in 1748 went to Spain and was employed at the Royal Library in Madrid; appointed member of the Royal Academy of History, interpreter of oriental languages to the king, and joint librarian at the Escorial; in 1763 became principal librarian of the Escorial)