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Cairo: The Royal Navy press, Ministry of the national defence, 1948 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. LIMITED ISSUE TO 50 COPIE ONLY, POSSIBLY PRINTED BEFORE FEW MONTHS OF THE LIMITED EDITION TO 400 COPIES. PRINTED IN DAR AL KUTUB AL MISRIYYA . DEDICATION FROM THE AUTHOR TO MUHAMMAD FAREED ABU HADEED DATED IN 12 - 8 - 1948 . FRONTIS OF KING FARUK , 43 FINE PLATES , 492 PP , ARABIC TEXT ..

Alexandria: Printing house of Muhammed Ali (Saray), 1833 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 331 PP IN OTTOMAN SCRIPT , PRINTED FOR IBRAHIM PASHA IN THE LIFE TIME OF HIS FATHER MUHAMMAD ALI , IN THE SARAY OF ALEXANDRIA . LIGHT REMAINS OF TOW STAMPS ON THE BACK OF TITLE PAGE . WIDE MARGINS AND CLEAN TEXT . PRINTED IN 1249 H..

Cairo: al- Ma'arif press, 1916 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. ARABIC TEXT, TITLE PAGE IN ARABIC AND ENGLISH WITH DEDICATION IN ARABIC AND ENGLISH ON GLOSSY WHITE PAPER TO THE GENERAL, SIR FRANCIS REGINALD WINGATE PASHA, SIRDAR OF THE EGYPTIAN ARMY AND GOVERNOR GENERAL OF THE SUDAN. FRONTISPIECE OF WINGATE, 776 P, ONE ERRATA, AND BIG FOLDING COLOURED MAP OF SINAI PRINTED BY THE EGYPTIAN SURVEY DEPARTMENT IN CAIRO 1913. 104 PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS AND 30 FULL PAGE, MOSTLY STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES OF THE OFFICIAL MILITARY AND POLITICIANS OF THE BRITISH MANDATE MISSION IN EGYPT (Lutfallah Pasha, reginald Wingate Pasha, Ismail Sirri Pasha the past war and admiralty minister and the public works minster in 1913, Kalikhan the former director of the information agency, Lord Edward Cecil, Lee Stack Pasha Royal secretary to the Sudanese government and former director of the intelligence agent, Colone G. F. Clayton director of the intelligence agency and rep. of the… Read More

Reprent Book. New. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. FINE NEW REPRINT (ON 100 gr PAPER) OF TARIKH AL WAZARAT AL IRAQIYYA (IN THE KINGDOM PERIOD) MAINLY PRINTED IN AL IRFAN PRESS IN SAIDA, LEBANON. FINELY BINDED IN THREE QUARTER LEATHER BINDINGS, IN 10 VOLUMES. ARABIC TEXT, 340, 346, 344, 366, 320, 352,328, 341, 264, 327 PP. THE FIRST 4 VOLUMES MAINLY PRINTED IN 1974 AS FOURTH EXPANDED EDITION, AND THE LAST 6 VOLUMES MAINLYPRINTED IN 1966, 1967, 1968, 1968, 1968, 1969 AS THIRD EXPANDED ED. PRIVATE REPRINT AND BINDING..

Cairo: The government press, Bulaq, 1896 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. TALL OCTAVO, 211PP, OF ARABIC TEXT, WITH 4PP OF INDEX. THE AUTHOR WAS ONE OF THE EARLIEST LOCAL EGYPTOLOGISTS IN CAIRO AND A LECTURER IN THE EGYPTIAN UNIVERSITY. MODERN FINE BINDING. FOR THE SAME AUTHOR SEE ALSO NO. 000316.

London: John Murray, 1838 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. FIRST ED. (VOL. 1): OMAN AND NAKAB EL HAJAR, (XVI), 446 PP WITH FRONTISPIECE, FOLDING MAP OF OMAN, AND 2 PLATES. (VOL. 2): (X), 472 PP, 8 PP ADVRT. WITH FRONTISPIECE, 1 MAP OF SINAI PENINSULA, 5 PLATES, 1 MAP OF THE RED SEA. COMPLETE UN CUTTED COPY IN ITS ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING WITH MINOR TEARS IN THE SPINE. INSIDE: CRISP AND IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. THE AUTHOR WAS LIEUT. IN THE INDIAN NAVY..

TYPOGRAPHIA MEDICEA 1594, Arabic text of Thrir Usul Iqlidis (Eclid) translated by Nasir ud Din al Tusi. 453 p. iclude many woodcuts. chapter headings are in bold script. Firman (Imperial order) of the Ottoman Sultan Murad Khan IV dated 996 H ( November 1588 AD. ) in 31 lines, ordering the Ottoman citizens not to prevent the book dealers (whos names are mentioned in the Firman and seem to be Italian Book dealers.. Branton and Horacio (?) sons of Bandini ) from traviling in the Ottoman states and selling their Arabic, Turkish and Persian books freely. In early 20th c. dark green hard covers. almost un-cutted wide margins of papers. 32.5 x 22.5 cm. Copy in vey good condition.

Rifa'a Rafi' al Tahtawi (1801-1873) was born in the village of Tahta, Sohag, the same year the French troops evacuated Egypt. He was an Azharite recommended by his teacher and mentor Hassan El-Attar to be the chaplain of a group of students Mohammed Ali was sending to Paris in 1826. Many student missions from Egypt went to Europe in the early 19th century to study arts and sciences at European universities and acquire technical skills such as printing, shipbuilding and modern military techniques. According to his memoir Rihla (Journey to Paris), Tahtawi studied ethics, social and political philosophy, and mathematics and geometry. He read works by Condillac, Voltaire, Rousseau, Montesquieu and Bézout among others during his séjour in France. In 1831, Tahtawi returned home to be part of the statewide effort to "modernize" the Egyptian infrastructure and education. He undertook a career in writing and translation, and founded the School of Languages (also knowns as School of Translators) in 1835,… Read More

Istanbul: Ibrahim Muteferrika, 1733 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. the 12th book to be printed by Ibrahim Muteferrika in 1146 (1733). 6, 3, 247 p. in Modern fine Ottoman style binding ornamented in gilt. .

un-used, withe the publisher wrappers. Edited by Taha Hussein, Ibrahim al Ibiyari and others. Collected, for the author's Millennium, from different resources and writers; al Bakharzi, Ibn al Anbari, Ibn al Jawzi, al Qifti, Yaqout al Hamawi, Sibt ibn al Jawzi, al Thahabi, ibn al Wardi, ibn Fadhl Allah al 'Umari, al Safadi, al Yafi'i, ibn Kathir, al 'Ayni, ibn Tagri Berdi, al Khafaji, al Tabrizi, ibn Khayr al Ishbili, al Safadi, ibn al Subki, al Suyuti, AND others.

Istanbul: Ibrahim Muteferrika, 1784 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Ottoman text, 8 lvs + 238 lvs. 30 cm tall. Ibrahim Muteferrika press 1198 AH. (1784 AD.). Contemporary Ottoman full leather binding with flap. Excellent condition..

Istanbul: Ibrahim Muteferrika, 1729 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The third work to be printed by Ibrahim Muteferrika in 1142 (1729). 3, 4, 97 ff. In contemporary hard cover binding. About the collapse of the Safavid state and the appearance of the Afghan state. .

Istanbul: Ibrahim Muteferrika, 1739 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. (x) index, 317 p. Ottoman Turkish text. Contemporary full leather binding, spine and flap re-attached. Ibrahim Mutafarrika press, constantinople 1153 AH. (1739 AD.). The book is in excellent condition..

Two volumes in original printer wrappers. vol.1, 284 p. with 51 plates. Vol2. pages 288 to 688, with 10 p. in English about the history of al-Mustansiriya school established in Baghdad between 631 and 1048 AH. (1233 and 1638 AD.)

Cairo: The national library press, 1976 Book. As New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Uncut and unopened as issued. Title pages in Arabic and English. Several fine facsimile plates of Mamlouk remains and imperial endowment documents. The book was printed between 1976 and 1986. (vol. 1) 551 p, covers events between 678 and 708 AH- 1279 and 1208 AD. printed in 1976. (vol. 2) 608 p, covers events between 709 and 741 AH- 1309 and 1340 AD. printed in 1982. (vol 3) 660 p, covers events between 741 and 770 AH- 1340 and 1368 AD. printed in 1986. The author was a historian and official in the Mamluk diwans in Aleppo, Tarablus, and Damascus..

First ed. complete with, vesilet ut tiba'aa by Ibrahim Muteferrika, and the Imprial order. contemporary full leather bindings with flap. (VOL.1) 2p., 6p. 1p. blank, 5p. wasilat ut tiba'aa, 2p. author's biography, 2p. blank. 9p. index and errata. 1p. blank. 666p. (VOL. 2) 7p. index and errata, 2p. blank. 756p. mint condition

1933 Handwritten. Very Good. No Binding. Signed by Illustrator(s). (1) One calligraphic panel in Kufic script, signed; Y. Ahmad and dated 1351 AH. (1933 AD.). Gouache on thick paper, Islamic phrases constituted of three tile styles: Allahu Rabbi Haqqa (Allah is my Lord indeed).. al- Ka'batu Qiblati (Kaba is my Kiblah- direction).. al- Kur'an imami (Kuran is my leader). 110x39 cm. (2) Tow un-signed calligraphic panels in Kufic on paper by Yusuf Ahmad, forming sequent four names of Allah; al-Salam al-Mu'min al-Muhaymin al-Aziz. Each panel is 62x29 cm..

20.5 x 15 cm. 112 p. Of Ottoman Turkish text. Front contemporary marbeled cover. Descriptive geographical journey from Ä°stanbul through Syria to Hejaz. The author's Haj report prepared in 1678-1679 and dedicated to the Kethuda Mustafa Pasha.

complete fine copy with the 5 maps of which 4 are colored in contemporary hands.In modern fine Ottoman style binding. on The naval expeditions, printed by Ibrahim Muteferrika in 1141 H. (1728-1729).

Cairo Photographic Image. Very Good. No Binding. The photographs are a part of Naum Shoucair's collection has been published (except tow un known photographs in this collection) in his book, Tarikh Sina al Qadim wa al Hadith wa Jografiyyatuha, The history of Sinai and Arabs. Al Ma'arif press, Cairo 1916, inventory no. 000456. 11 photographs are mounted on cards (not included in the measurements mentioned) of which four are signed. (1) Sir Lee Stack Pasha, royal secretary to the Sudanese government and former director of the intelligence agent and one other (un known and un published), both signed in 1913. 21.5 x 14 cm. (2) Colone G. F. Clayton, director of the intelligence agency and rep. of the Sudanese government, signed. Photogrpah by Hughes & Mullins, Ryde. 15 x 10.5 cm. (3) Captain A W Weymouth commander of Minerva, signed. 15 x 10 cm. Photo by Symonds & Co. Portsmouth (4) Rudolph Slatin Pasha, signed in 24-6-1895. Photo by Zangaki, Cairo. 22.5 x 16.5 cm. (5) Lord Kitchener. 27 x 17 cm. (6)… Read More