Dozy

Dozy, Reinhart (1820-1883), a Dutch Orientalist and historian, who besides being learned in the Semitic tongues, was master of most European languages. He wrote mostly in Dutch or French. Among his chief works are Histoire des Musulmanes d'Espagne, De Israeliten te Mekka, Het Islamisme, a Detailed Dictionary of the Names of Arab Dress, and particularly Catalogus Codicum Orientalium at Leyden.