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Suleymaniye, Istanbul: Military press, 1913 Book. Very Good. No Binding. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12 PP , OTTOMAN SCRIPT ON CAMEL CORPS SYSTEM ESTABLISHED BY THE OTTOMAN AUTHORITY IN THE DYNASTY OF SULTAN MEHMED RESHAD IN 1911 , WITH HEADING TUGHRA IN THE FIRST PAGE OF HIM . CONTAINS FIVE CHAPTERS WHICH CONTAINS 50 ARTICLES . CAMEL CORPS CREATION WAS ORGANIZED FROM BEDOUINS IN AL QASEEM , AND ENVRONS IN NEJD , UNDER PATRONAGE OF OTTOMAN OFFICERS . SOME OF ARAB SEPARATERS ( LATER ) CAME FROM THIS FOUNDATION LIKE RAMAZAN SHELASH , WHO TOOK AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE ARAB REVOLUTION IN SYRIA ..

Cairo: Privately printed, 1894 Book. Illus. by FABRICIUS BEY. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. EXTREMELY SCARCE, PRIVATELY BOUND BY THE ARMENIAN ARCHITECT GARO BALIAN. FULL LEATHER BINDING GILTED AND DECORATED IN ORIENTAL STYLE. DEEPLY PRESSED. BINDING EDGES SLIGHTLY FADED, PARTIAL LEATHER FLAYING. TITLE PAGE HEADED WITH THE KHEDIVAL CROWN. NO PRINTING PLACE OR NUMBER OF COPIES, BUT POSSIBLY 50 COPIES OF THIS ALBUM, AT MOST, WAS PRINTED. FRENCH INTRODUCTION (Le mausolee d'affifi a ete erige par la famille khediviale a la memoire de feu S. A. Le khedive Mohammed Tewfik Pacha, mort le 7 janvier 1892. IL a ete inaugure le 5 janvier 1894 par son august fils, le Khedive actuel Abbas Hilmi. L'elaboration du projet du dit Mausole, ainsi que sa construction, son dus a Fabricius Bey, architecte des palais khediviaux. S. A. la Khedivah Mere, ainsi que S. A. le Khedive ayant voulu que la construction eut un caractere grandoise, et et soit concue de facon a perpetuer la memoire de leur Auguste… Read More

Istanbul: Takvimhane-i Amire, 1848 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 2 VOLUMES SET: (VOL 1), 22 PP INDEX, 7 PP ERRATA, 535 PP. (VOL. 2), 16 PP INDEX, 14 PP ERRATA, 519 PP. very rare and hard to be exist, limited 1st ed. 300 copies were printed in 1264-1265 AH during Mahmud han period. OTTOMAN TURKISH TEXT WITH SOME IN ARABIC AND PERSIAN, SPECIALY THE CORRESPONDENCES BETWEEN THE OTTOMAN SULTANS AND THE REGIONAL GOVERNORS OF THE ARAB AND PRSIAN STATES, INCLUDING HIJAZ. THE AUTHOR WAS AN IMPERIAL WRITER IN THE OTTOMAN COURT (DIVAN I SULTANI). EARLY GOOD 20th C. BINDING. FOR THE SECOND ED. SEE INVENTORY NO. 000354..

Istanbul: Takvimhane-i Amire, 1274 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. OTTOMAN TURKISH TEXT WITH SOME IN ARABIC AND PERSIAN, SPECIALY THE CORRESPONDENCES BETWEEN THE OTTOMAN SULTANS AND THE REGIONAL GOVERNORS OF THE ARAB AND PRSIAN STATES, INCLUDING HIJAZ. (26), 626PP, (17), 600PP. THE AUTHOR WAS AN IMPERIAL WRITER IN THE OTTOMAN COURT (DIVAN I SULTANI). FIRST VOLUME EX-LIBRARY. BOTH VOLUMES IN MODERN FINE FULL LEATHER BINDING. SECOND LIMITED ED. UP TO 600 COPIES ONLY. SECOND VOL. WAS PRINTED IN 1275..

Istanbul: Matbaa-i Bahriye (the Navy press), 1883 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE ENCYCLOPAEDIA IN THE OTTOMAN TURKISH ABOUT THE ARABIAN PENINSULA AND THE TOW HOLY SANCTUARIES IN HEDJAZ BY THE WELL-KNOWN AUTHOR WHO WAS EMPLOYED IN THE OTTOMAN ARMY IN HEJAZ IN C. 1865 AND THEN BECAME AN ADMIRAL IN THE OTTOMAN NAVY. EYUP SABRI PASHA WAS BORN IN TASALYA (THESSALIA) IN THE 19th C. AND DIED IN ISTANBUL IN 1890. HE IS BETTER KNOWN WITH HIS DESCRIPTIVE BOOKS ABOUT MECCA, MEDINA, THE ARABIAN PENINSULA AND THE WAHHABY ACTIVITIES BESIDE HIS RELIGIOUS BOOKS. HE WAS AWARE OF THE OFFICIAL ISSUES OF THE HEJAZ BECAUSE OF HIS BEING ACQUAINTED ON THE OFFICIAL CORREPONDENCE BETWEEN THE VILAYET OF HEJAZ AND THE CENTRAL AUTHORITY IN ISTANBUL Five parts in five volumes. (Part 1) Mir'at Mecca in tow volumes. Vol. 1, (44), Index, pages 1 to 640 with lithographic plates of which tow are in colours on double pages and one gilted. Vol. 2, (p. 45 to 58), index, pages… Read More

Istanbul: Matbaa-i Bahriye (the Navy press), 1883 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE ENCYCLOPAEDIA IN THE OTTOMAN TURKISH ABOUT THE ARABIAN PENINSULA AND THE TOW HOLY SANCTUARIES IN HEDJAZ BY THE WELL-KNOWN AUTHOR WHO WAS EMPLOYED IN THE OTTOMAN ARMY IN HEJAZ IN C. 1865 AND THEN BECAME AN ADMIRAL IN THE OTTOMAN NAVY. EYUP SABRI PASHA WAS BORN IN TASALYA (THESSALIA) IN THE 19th C. AND DIED IN ISTANBUL IN 1890. HE IS BETTER KNOWN WITH HIS DESCRIPTIVE BOOKS ABOUT MECCA, MEDINA, THE ARABIAN PENINSULA AND THE WAHHABY ACTIVITIES BESIDE HIS RELIGIOUS BOOKS. HE WAS AWARE OF THE OFFICIAL ISSUES OF THE HEJAZ BECAUSE OF HIS BEING ACQUAINTED ON THE OFFICIAL CORREPONDENCE BETWEEN THE VILAYET OF HEJAZ AND THE CENTRAL AUTHORITY IN ISTANBUL. (PART 1) MIR'AT MECCA, TOW SECTIONS IN ONE VOLUME. (22), INDEX, 1175 P WITH SEVERAL LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES OF WHICH TOW ARE IN COLOURS. CONTEMPORARY FULL LEATHER OTTOMAN BINDING WITH FLAP. (PART 2) MIR'AT AL MEDINA, TOW… Read More

Bagdad: Matba'at al- Furat, 1934 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Translator. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. RARE ARABIC TRANSLATION FROM THE TURKISH ED. WAS PUBLISHED IN 1933. DEDICATED AND SIGNED BY THE TRANSLATOR TO PRINCE (R. H. RAKAN) FROM THE HASHIMITE FAMILY IN IRAQ AND DATED 15-4-1934 . FRONTISPIECE OF TAHA AL HASHIMI, SEVERAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES AND PLANS. ORIGINAL HARD COVER BINDING. ABOUT THE BIG WAR AGAINST REECE IN 1922 IN ANATOLIA..

Printed between 1980-2001, in hrd coves with paper covers of the publisher. 509, 425, 393 p.

Important for the Qur'anic collections.. (1 lv), [120] p. 19.5 x 15 cm. Latin text , in contemporary vellum binding , loose. Tow copies of this rare book are existed in Laval and Pennsylvania Universities. The Koran was translated into Latin for the first time on the order of Peter the Venerable (1092-1156), the well known abbot of Cluny . During a journey to Spain in order to visit Cluniac monasteries (1142) he was able to engage two scholars for various translation projects which were connected with Peter's aim to convert Muslim people in a peaceful way. As the principal requirement for such a task he recognised the knowledge of the genuine sources of the Islamic religion, above all the Koran. The translator of the Koran was Robert of Ketton (Robertas Ketenensis) who did his work with the help of a certain Spanish Muslim named Muhammad. Robert's translation is not as literal as one should expect; sometimes he shortens the text or tries to polish the difficult style of several Koranic passages in… Read More

Cairo, 1910 Handwritten. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo, 112 p. Arabic manuscript in fine riq'a script of the prohibited and expropriated diwan copied in 1910 (as mentioned in the colophon which is typical of the one in the printed copy) or few years later on Khedivial water marked paper. A press draft or a typical copy of the first edition which published and expropriated in 1910. Tow ownerships, in later script, of which one is dated 20-8-1920. Title page, preface and dedication to the founder of the national party in Egypt, Mustafa Kamil Pasha (1874-1908) and the second leader, Muhammad Farid Bey (1868-1919). Presrntation by Muhammad Farid Bey about the national movement and occupation. Presentation by Sheikh AbdulAziz Jawish (1876-1929) who was prisoned for three months because of this presentation. The political and stimulative poetry of Sheikh Ali al- Ghayati against the British occupation and policy in Egypt and India betwwen 1908 and 1910 including… Read More

Sketched by İbrahim Tophanevi (attributed to Tophane) and made by Magradj (?) the Galataian (attributed to Galata in İstnabul). Conteporarily hand colored and hightend in gold, 36.5 x 30.5 cm.

Made by Magradj (?) the Galataian (attributed to Galata in İstnabul). Conteporarily hand colored and hightend in gold. 37 x 30.5 cm.

Conteporarily hand colored and hightend in gold, 37 x 30.5 cm. Made by Ahmad the Crimean (signed).

80 x 75 cm. Made by the (kol agasi) Osman Nuri , the secretary of the geographical military school in 1323 Ah. 1907 Ad. Rarely contains a small key map of the city of Der'iyyah in Nejd territory , together with other keys of Medina , Taif , Mecca and Jeddah harbor.

Contemporarily hand colored and hightend ın gold, 37 x 30.5 cm. The map includes the coastal places of eastern Nejd on the Persian Gulf, as Bahrein and Oman.

Cairo: Bulak, 1841 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio, (23), 564 p. Ottoman Turkish text with some astronomical initials printed in bulak 1257 AH. (1841 AD.). Later hard cover binding. Ibrahim Hakki Erzurumi (18 May 1703 - 22 June 1780) was a Turkish and Sufi philosopher and encyclopedist. His work Marifetname (Book of Gnosis) was a compilation and commentary on astronomy, mathematics, anatomy, psychology, philosophy, and Islamic mysticism. It is famous for containing the first treatment of post-Copernican astronomy by a Muslim scholar ('alim)..

Giza (Orman), Egypt: The Survey of Egypt, 1949 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. One of the most important works ever been printed in Egypt. The Mosques of Egypt from 21 H. (641) to 1365 H. (1946) being a series of views in colours and monochrome of the principal mosques of Egypt with a brief note on each monument describing its history and architectural features accompanied by detailed plans and maps. Egyptian Kingdom, Ministry of Waqfs. The Arabic edition in 2 volumes; (Vol. 1) 2 lvs. of introduction by Ahmad Hassan al Bakouri, Minister of Waqfs and Creswell, separately inserted in 1954. 3 lvs of index, 76 p., 93 full page monochrome lithographic plates with index of 11 and12 pages printed in 1951 together with 2 folding maps in colors inside rear pocket in the end of the volume. (Vol. 2) 2 lvs of introduction, Pages from 77 to 148, Plates from 94 to 243. Some plates in the tow volumes are in colors and with tissue guards. The English edition in 2… Read More

Seven parts in three volumes, mainly written in fine Ta'liq script. Lithograph print in Bulak in 1268 AH., edited by Mustafa Vehbi. (part1): 15, 7, 155 p. (part 2): 3, 139 p. (part 3): 4, 184 p. (part 4): 5, 147p. (part 5): 2, 171p. (part 6): 1, 187p. (part 7): 68p. One of the finest books to be printed in Bulak printing house. In conteporary hard cover bindings with flaps, with detaching in the first volume.

93 x 64 cm. Colored military map described in Ottoman Turkish. Province of Hejaz, Asir and Yemen by the fifth section in the general staff 1323 H., 1907 AD. Paper on cloth folded to 16 parts.

H. 11th - AD. 17th C. On the Mawlawi Sufism method. Index, 239 ff, Ottoman Turkish fine Ta`liq script with a not on the front of the first page that the copy has been written by Sadri Effendi, the Malawi Shaykh of Nicosia. Fine ornamented contemporary covers with marbled inner paper. All pages out ruled in gold. Heading golden illumination in the first page. 22 x 12 cm.