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    Antoine Galland (French: [ɑ̃twan ɡalɑ̃]; 4 April 1646 – 17 February 1715) was a French orientalist and archaeologist, most famous as the first European...
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    added to the One Thousand and One Nights since French orientalist Antoine Galland translated and included them, after which they soon became popular...
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    magical phrase in the story of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" in Antoine Galland's version of One Thousand and One Nights. It opens the mouth of a cave...
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  • Antoine Galland (1763 – 1851) was a publisher and printer during the French Revolution and First Empire. As a printer, he joined the Commission des Sciences...
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    versions, but were instead added to the collection by French translator Antoine Galland after he heard them from Syrian writer Hanna Diyab during the latter's...
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    by its French translator, Antoine Galland. John Payne quotes passages from Galland's unpublished diary recording Galland's encounter with a Maronite storyteller...
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    Thousand and One Nights in the 18th century by its French translator Antoine Galland, who heard it from Syrian storyteller Hanna Diyab. As one of the most...
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  • Galland is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Adolf Galland (1912–1996), German air general during World War II Antoine Galland (1646–1715)...
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  • They include the French translation by Antoine Galland (titled Les mille et une nuits, finished in 1717). Galland's translation was essentially based on...
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  • film director Antoine Furetière,(1619–1688), French scholar Antoine Galland (1646–1715), French orientalist and archaeologist Antoine Ghanem (1943–2007)...
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