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See also: Tripoli (See also: Syria) in 1710
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He studied at See also: Rome, where he lectured on Arabic, See also: Syriac, See also: Chaldee, philosophy and See also: theology
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In 1748 he went to See also: Spain, and was employed in the royal library at See also: Madrid
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He was successively appointed a member of the Royal See also: Academy of See also: History, interpreter of See also: oriental See also: languages to the See also: king, and joint-librarian at the
See also: Escorial, In 1763 he became See also: principal librarian, a See also: post which he appears to have held till his See also: death in 1791
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See also: Casiri published a See also: work entitled Bibliotheca Arabico-Hispana Escurialensis (2 vols., Madrid, 1760-1770)
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It is a See also: catalogue of above 1800 Arabic See also: MSS., which he found in the library of the Escorial; it also contains a number of quotations from Arabic See also: works on history
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The MSS. are classified according to subjects; the second See also: volume gives an account of a large collection of See also: geographical and See also: historical MSS., which contain valuable information regarding the See also: wars between the Moors and the Christians in Spain
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Casiri's work is not yet obsolete, but a more scientific See also: system is adopted in Hartwig See also: Derenbourg's incomplete See also: treatise, See also: Les Manuscrits arabes de l'Escorial (See also: Paris, 1884)
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