Back أليساندرو بوزاني Arabic اليساندرو بوزانى ARZ Alessandro Bausani German Alessandro Bausani Esperanto الساندرو بوزانی Persian Alessandro Bausani Italian Баузани, Алессандро Russian Алессандро Баузани Tajik
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| Born | May 29, 1921 Rome, Italy |
| Died | March 12, 1988 (aged 66) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Islamic Studies scholar, writer, scholar of Iranian studies, Arabic studies scholar, creator of artificial language, historian of religion, Italian translator |
| Period | 20th century |
Alessandro Bausani (May 29, 1921 – March 12, 1988) was a scholar of Islam, Arab and Persian studies, interlinguistics and the History of Religion, translating many works into Italian. He was one of the greatest Italian scholars of Islam, as well as a translator and commentator of one of the most important translations of the Qur'an into the Italian language.
A great polyglot, he spoke more than 30 languages, including Esperanto, African and Native American languages such as Cherokee and several important languages in the islamic world such as Indonesian, Arabic, Persian and Turkish.