August Kościesza-Żaba [SEP] date of death
August Kościesza-Żaba
August Kościesza-Żaba (1801, in Krāslava – 3 January 1894, in İzmir), from coat of arms of Kościesza, was a Polish orientalist, diplomatist in Russian service. He studied Eastern languages in Saint Petersburg, Russia (1824–1828). During 1848–1866, August worked as a translator in Russian consulates in Jaffa and İzmir and as a consul in Erzurum.
August Kościesza-Żaba was researching habits, literature and language of Kurdish people and in 1861, published results in French language paper
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