August Koà Âciesza-à »aba (1801, in KrÃÂslava â 3 January 1894, in ðzmir), from coat of arms of Koà Âciesza, was a Polish orientalist and diplomatist in Russian service. He studied Eastern languages in Saint Petersburg, Russia (1824âÂÂ1828). During 1848âÂÂ1866, August worked as a translator in Russian consulates in Jaffa and ðzmir and as a consul in Erzurum.
August Koà Âciesza-à »aba was researching habits, literature and language of Kurdish people and in 1861, published results in French language paper Receueil des notices et récits de la littérature et des tribus du Kourdistan. He is also an author of Dictionnaire kurde-français, the first French-Kurdish dictionary (1879).