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Chronological Retrospect, or Memoirs of the Principal Events of Mahommedan History, from the...
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Chronological Retrospect, or Memoirs of the Principal Events of Mahommedan History, from the Death of the Arabian legislator, to the accession of the Emperor Akbar, and the establishment of the Moghul Empire in Hindustaun. From original Persian authorities.

by Price, David, Major

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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown; and Black, Kingsbury, Parbury and Allen; sold by J. Booth, [1811]-1821. First edition. Three volumes in four, 4to (27.5 x 21 cm.), pp.xvi, 606, [6, notes], large hand-coloured folding map; xvi, 716; xv, 483; (485)-998. A very good set in contemporary embossed cloth, gilt titles on spine. Professionally re-cased, heads and tails of spines repaired. Old wax seals on spines. A remarkably comprehensive chronicle of the history of Islam from the death of Muhammad to the accession of Emperor Akbar, drawing on Price's own translations from Persian sources, particularly Mirkhand, Khandamir, and Abu'l-Fazl. This was the first such chronicle published in English, and contemporary reviewers noted Price's methodical scholarship and his history's ambitious span. As a clear narrative history, with Hijri and Gregorian dates conveniently printed in the margins, it had no contemporary equal and remained a foundational text for English scholars of Islam… Read More
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Ferhengi Reschidi. Grammatica linguae Persicae textum ad fidem codicum manuscriptorum edidi et Latine reddidit. Ludovicus Splieth.

by Tattavi, 'Abd al-Rashid' ibn Abd al-Ghafur; Ludwig Splieth, translator

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[Halle], [c.1846]. Persian and Latin manuscript in ink on wove paper, 8vo (22.5 x 18 cm), ff.24, with 21 lines of text per page in single ruled frames, headings in red, Latin text in cursive, Persian in fastidious nasta'liq, f.1r with a calligraphic title in Persian, transliterated Persian, and Latin, written in red and black, in a double-ruled frame. Bound in later calf-backed red cloth, spine worn but joints firm. Paper slightly browned, with a small marginal tear on f.1, text unaffected and contents otherwise in excellent condition. Occasional later pencil annotations. An unpublished Latin translation of the grammatical muqaddima or introduction to the 17th-century Persian dictionary Farhang-i Rashidi, completed in 1654 and dedicated to Shah Jahan. This was amongst the earliest critical attempts to describe Persian grammar. Ludwig Splieth, a German orientalist, prepared a critical text of this grammatical introduction's Persian original, which was lithographed at Halle in 1846, the first… Read More
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Grammaticae persicae praecepta ac regulae quas lexico persico Ferhengi Reschidi praefixas e...
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Grammaticae persicae praecepta ac regulae quas lexico persico Ferhengi Reschidi praefixas e duobus codicibus uno Roedigeri, altero bibliothecae Reg. Berolinensis. Scripsit et editit...

by Tattavi, 'Abd al-Rashid' ibn Abd al-Ghafur; Splieth, Ludwig, editor

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Halle : Lippert & Schmidt, 1846. First edition, pp.51, lithographed Persian text. An very good copy in modern half calf, cloth boards, interleaved and heavily annotated in both Latin and Persian in a contemporary hand, probably Spleith's. Title page foxed, and occasional spotting elsewhere. This first publication of the introduction to the seventeenth-century Persian dictionary Farhang-i Rashidi, completed in 1654 by the learned poet Abd al-Rashid (b.Abd al-Ghafur al-Husayni al-Madani al-Tattawi, d. 1658) and dedicated to Shah Jahan, was the first appearance in print of any part of the Farhang-i Rashidi. The introduction by al-Rashid was one of the earliest serious attempts to describe the grammar of Persian, and the subsequent dictionary, though not present here, is considered one of the most authoritative, reliable, and complete Persian dictionaries. Ludwig Splieth, a German orientalist, also translated the introduction into Latin but it was never published. COPAC shows 4 copies only in… Read More
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London: Printed for Private Circulation only, [1839]. First edition, two volumes, 8vo, pp.xxiii, 306, folding frontis; [vi, titles and contents], 291. Half-titles present. A very good set in original gilt and blind decorated cloth, gilt lettering to spines. Spines slightly sun faded, and corners and spines slightly bumped. Wide margins untrimmed. Unblemished and tight internally. A fascinating account of the journey of three young Persian princes through Europe to England in 1836 with the goal of freeing their father from British detention. Firmân Firmân, their father, was involved in a succession crisis over the throne of Persia and lost out to the British backed claimant, subsequently being detained by the British in Tehran. This account offers a fine narrative of their journey alongside description complex political situation in Persia. Between leaving and returning to Syria, the princes visited not just England, but also Belgium, Prussia, Austria, Hungary, Walachia, Turkey, Baghdad,… Read More
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