Edward William Lane Quotes

United Kingdom, Translator
September 17, 1801 – August, 10, 1876.

Edward William Lane was a British orientalist, translator and lexicographer. He is known for his Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, Arabic-English Lexicon and translation of One Thousand and One Nights and Selections from the Kur-án.

The tax that is taken from the free non-Muslim subjects of a Muslim government whereby they ratify the compact that assures them protection, as though it were compensation for not being slain.

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