Heinrich Thorbecke
# Heinrich Thorbecke

Andreas Heinrich Thorbecke (14 March 1837 in Meiningen – 3 January 1890 in Mannheim) was a German Arabic scholar. His studies were dedicated mainly to the poetry of the Bedouin and the history of Arabic.

## Biography

He studied at the universities of Munich and Leipzig, where he was a pupil of Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer. In 1873 he was appointed an associate professor at the University of Heidelberg, then relocated to Halle in 1885, where he attained a full professorship in 1887.

## Works

* Antarah, ein vorislamitischer Dichter (Life of Antarah, the Pre-Islamite Poet, 1867).
* Al-Harīri's Durrat-al-gawwas (1871); edition of Al-Hariri.
* Al-A'schā's Lobgedicht auf Mahammed (Al Ashâ's Song of Praise to Mohammed, 1875)
* Ibn Duraid's Kitāb al-malāhin (1882); edition of Ibn Duraid.
* Die Mufad-dali-jāt (The Mufaddaaliyyat, 1885).
* Mihail Sabbag's Grammatik der arabischen Umgangssprache in Syrien und Aegypten (M. Sabbâg's Grammar of Conversational Arabic in Syria and Egypt, 1886).
