From Algiers to Budapest: The Letters of Mohamed Ben Cheneb to Ignaz Goldziher

In the article, the letters of the Algerian scholar and teacher, Mohamed Ben Cheneb (1869‒1929) are analysed as part of the vast correspondence of the Hungarian scholar of Islam, Ignaz Goldziher (1850–1921) held in the Oriental Collection of the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. For the correct assessment of these letters and their place in the correspondence, the history of the collection and its composition is also touched upon.