Garcin de Tassy was a nineteenth-century French Indologist whose interest in the culture, literature and customs of the Indian people equalled that of his better-known contemporaries, such as William Jones and Max Mueller. Muslim languages--Arabic, Persian, and Urdu--captured his scholarly interest. "Distrusting western travellers' accounts, de Tassy, who was Professor of Hindustani at the University of Paris, presented an account of Muslim customs and ...
