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Cairo: Bulak, Dar ut Tiba'aa, 1838 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. OTTOMAN TEXT , 512 PP , PRINTED IN BOULAQ 1254 H. ( 1838 AD. ) . VERY EARLY PRINT OF HUMAYOUNNAME ( ROYAL POLICY ) FROM THE ORIENTAL LITERATURE . TALL QUARTO , MINOR VARIOUS MINUTE HOLES IN THE CONTEMPORARY BINDING , INSIDE IS CRISP AND IN VERY GOOD CONDITION ..

Photographic Image. Very Good. No Binding. 40 x 30 CM, possibly 1910's or earlier photographic portrait of the last Ottoman chief rabbi (Hakham bashi) who was one of the most eminent rabbis in the Middle East. Chaim (Haim) Nahum Effendi (1872-1960) was a Jewish scholar, jurist, and linguist of the early 1900s. He was born in 1872 in Izmir. He was sent by his parents to a yeshiva in Tiberias, after which he studied at a French lycée for his secondary education and obtained a degree in Islamic law in Istanbul. Thereafter, he attended a rabbinical academy in Paris, from which he received his semicha. At the same time, he studied linguistics, history, and philosophy at the Sorbonne's school of oriental languages. Upon his return to Istanbul, Nahum occupied various teaching positions, including at the Turkish military academy. While there, he became acquainted with many of the leaders of the Young Turk movement, who gained power in 1908. In 1909 Nahum succeeded Moses Levi as Hakham Bashi, or… Read More

10 p. Of text in English, Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, Urdu and Russian, with 9 full page plates. A hajj travel brochure printed in Ä°stanbul supposed to be by an Armenian press in c. 1900. Rare

Ottoman Turkish official report about the Hijaz health rules and organizations, with several illustrations of Jeddah and Mecca.

First Ed. No. 246