DOZY, thYz,'•. REINHART (1520.`z3). A noted Orientalist, descended from a French family set tled in Holland. and lawn at I.eyden. lie imrsned a course of study at the University of Leyden, and obtained the doctor's degree in 1s11. Until 1s5o he was at work preparing a catalogue of the Oriental manuscripts in the library. In the lat ter year he was made assistant professor, and in 1$57 full professor of history. Ili- tirst imps r tant work was published in Amsterdam under the title Dictionnaire 'omit di s rig. no ats cheZ .I robes. In 1540 app, arca the .4 ruhain loci dt .11,ha/die/is and the Coin Menfaire lzisloriguc R r lr tii!• WI bit .1 (loan par /bit nail/loin. Among his other works are: History of the Almohailis IS17: •.1 ,41.
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31*-;031 soli n 1, .1h./A.,1 llis most important eontribution to Arabic thi lology was his St,/,/,/,'”rent mix ltiettii iorir,s -hob's yid's- which is invaluable to all -.Indents of Arabic, and is based on nil ex ceedingly extensive study of Arabic authors of all ela-ses.
DRA. drii. A partially dried-up river or wadi. of southern Moroeco. Africa, the longest watercourse of the country (Map: Africa. I) C1. It rises in numerous head-streams on the south ern of the Central Atlas range, and after crossing of Ed Dra flows southwest, empty ing into the Atlantic just south of ('ape N111). It is only. however, by the aid of the .41 '11,1% of the Atlas summits tint its waters ro• inereased to be enabled to reach the ocean: inn the dry season its course ends a long distance from the coast.