‎Philologie‎

‎FESTSCHRIFT SERAP YAYLALI.‎

‎Dogudan batiya: 70. yasinda Serap Yaylali'ya sunulan yazilar. Edited by Aydin Erön, Emre Erdan.‎

‎New Turkish Original bdg. HC. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). Collected articles in Turkish. 567 p., ills. Dogudan batiya: 70. yasinda Serap Yaylali'ya sunulan yazilar. Edited by Aydin Erön, Emre Erdan.‎

‎STR. EMANUILIDIS.‎

‎Türkçe - Rumca ve Rumca - Türkçe telâffuzlu basit konusma kitabi.‎

‎Fine English Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish and Greek. 45 p. Türkçe - Rumca ve Rumca - Türkçe telâffuzlu basit konusma kitabi. A conversation guide in Greek-Turkish and Turkish-Greek. Scarce.‎

‎KAROLUS CONTI ROSSINI.‎

‎Chrestomathia Arabica meridionalis epigraphica. Edita et glossario instructa.‎

‎Very Good Latin In modern cloth bdg. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Latin. [xi], 264 p. Chrestomathia Arabica meridionalis epigraphica. Edita et glossario instructa. First and Only Edition.‎

‎AYSU ATA.‎

‎Harezm-Altin Ordu Türkçesi: Çagatay Türkçesinin ilk devresi.‎

‎New Turkish Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. [vi], 185 p. 141-185 pp. facsimile of original manuscript. Harezm - Altin Ordu Türkçesi: Çagatay Türkçesinin ilk devresi. 1000 copies were printed.‎

‎CYRUS NASROLLAHZADEH.‎

‎Middle Persian private inscriptions in the Sasanian and Post-Sasanian period (Funerary and memorial inscriptions). 2 volumes set. Vol. 1: Text. Vol. 2: Picture.‎

‎New Persian Original bdg. HC. 4to. (30 x 22 cm). In Persian with bilingual title in English and Persian. 2 volumes set: (340 p.; 272, [1] p.), color and b/w plates. Middle Persian private inscriptions in the Sasanian and Post-Sasanian period (Funerary and memorial inscriptions). 2 volumes set. Vol. 1: Text. Vol. 2: Picture.‎

‎FARID AL-DIN ATTAR (Abû Hamîd bin Abû Bakr Ibrâhîm - Attar of Nishapur), (1145-1221).‎

‎Guzide-e asrâr-nâmâ.‎

‎New Persian Original bdg. HC. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Persian. [14], 184 p. Guzide-e asrâr-nâmâ. Attar was a twelfth-century Persian poet, theoretician of Sufism, and hagiographer from Nishapur who had an immense and lasting influence on Persian poetry and Sufism. Man?iq-u?-?ayr [The Conference of the Birds] and Ilahi-Nama [The Book of Divine] are among his most famous works. "Asrar-nama" is the earliest of Attar's mystical narrative poems ; it has attracted less scholarly attention than the other three. This may be partly due to its lack of a frame-story. The contents are arranged in 22 discourses (maqalas) in random order, without regard to sequence of ideas. Each maqala begins with an outline of an idea, which is then developed by means of short anecdotes. Frequently the anecdotes are accompanied by reflections which lead into thematically related fields or, in some cases, stray quite far from the basic idea. The work thus lacks a definite conceptual structure. Its concluding message is the hope of release of man's spiritual substance from the world's grasp. In no other work does ?A??ar propound the gnostic concept of the soul's fall and the duty to free it from worldly and material bonds so comprehensively and forcefully as in the Asrar-nama. The resultant belief that this work influenced the preamble of the Ma?nawi-e ma'nawi, probably gave rise to the legend that the aged ?A??ar donated it to the young Jalal-al-din Rumi as his testament. The concluding message naturally leads the author into moralizing reflections of the world's transience, vanity, and depravity, which fill whole chapters in the last third of the work (chap. 14 onward). After the three introductory chapters on taw?id, na't, and manaqeb, the fundamentals of the gnostic concept are expounded; certain aspects are elaborated in chapters 8 and 11, and in chapter 5 the favorite theme of reason and love (aql o esq) is introduced. Chapter 12 also seems worthy of special mention, because it is about the impenetrability of celestial and extramundane secrets (asrar) and is thus more pertinent to the book's title than the rest. (Source: Encyclopedia Iranica).‎

‎NECMEDDIN SAHINER.‎

‎Türk Dili'nin mimari Antebli: Mütercim Seyyid Ahmed Âsim.‎

‎New Turkish Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 112 p. Türk Dili'nin mimari Antebli: Mütercim Seyyid Ahmed Âsim. A comprehensive biographical study on Mütercim Asim, (1755-1819).‎

‎ÖMER ASIM AKSOY, (Turkish philologist, pedagog, politician), 1898-1993).‎

‎Typescript letter signed 'Ö. Asim'.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Original typewritten letter signed (TLS) by Ömer Asim Aksoy sent to 'Türkiye Defteri' periodicals. Oblong: (15x23 cm). Dated 24.1.1974 from Ankara. 'Türk Dil Kurumu' [i.e. Turkish Language Society] letterhead. 1 p. It includes four lines. Signed as 'Genel yazman' [i.e. General manager]. He refused to write an article for 'Türkiye Defteri' periodical and its Kemal Tahir special issue in his letter because of that he has not sufficiently studied on Kemal Tahir who was very famous and important Turkish author.‎

‎Compl. by SEYFETTIN SIMSEK.‎

‎Mecaz ve argo lûgatçesi [Ikii kitap birarada].‎

‎Very Good Turkish Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 43, [1]; 20 p. Mecaz ve argo lûgatçesi [Ikii kitap birarada].‎

‎HÜSEYIN NAMIK ORKUN, (Turkish historian, philologist), (1902-1956).‎

‎Eski Türk yazitlari. 4 volumes set.‎

‎Very Good Turkish Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 4 volumes set: (192p.; 218 p.; 320 p.; [xxii], 210 p.). Eski Türk yazitlari. 4 volumes set. (Kül Tegin - Bilge Han - Tonyukuk - Ongin - Ihe Hüsotü - Iki Uygur yaziti). This work brings together all the Paleo-Turkish inscriptions and all the known writings in so-called 'runiform' (runic) characters, in particular the inscriptions of Mongolia (including those of the Orkhon) and of Siberia (including those of the Yenisey). Illustrated with numerous photographs or lithographs of the texts, provided with numerous annotations, it reproduces, for the essentials, the interpretations and translations of Thomsen, Radloff, Ramstedt, Samoilovitch, Le Coq, and Maloff, while quite often adding hypotheses specific to the editor and which were generally suggested to him by reading Kasgari. The difficult problems concerning the ancient inscriptions are far from being all elucidated: This edition, as useful as it is, cannot therefore be considered as definitive, and it will take a long time before "the eternal stone" has give all his secrets. The fact remains that by publishing reproductions of almost all the texts and by collecting the documentation of the best publications, the editor has done great service to Paleo-Turkish epigraphic studies. Despite its imperfections, the glossary that constitutes fourth volume is very useful. First Edition. Rare.‎

‎A. V. W. JACKSON [ABRAHAM VALENTINE WILLIAMMS JACKSON], (American specialist on Indo-European languages), (1862-1937).‎

‎Avesta grammar and reader: An Avesta grammar in comparison with Sanskrit.= Dastûr-i zabân va guzîdah-'i mutûn-e Avistâyî [REPRINT of 1892 EDITION].‎

‎New English Original decorative bdg. with imitation leather spine. 4to. (30 x 21 cm). In English with only introduction in Persian. 112 [16] p. Avesta grammar and reader: An Avesta grammar in comparison with Sanskrit.= Dastûr-i zabân va guzîdah-'i mutûn-e Avistâyî [REPRINT of 1892 EDITION]. Jackson was born in New York City on February 9, 1862. He graduated from Columbia University in 1883. He was a fellow in letters there from 1883 to 1886, and an instructor in Anglo-Saxon and the Iranian languages from 1887 to 1890. After study at the University of Halle from 1887 to 1889 he became an adjunct professor of English language and literature. In 1895, he was appointed public lecturer and also appointed to the newly founded professorship of Indo-Iranian languages at Columbia University, where he remained until 1935. He was well known as a lecturer on English literature and the Orient. In 1901, during a visit to India and Ceylon, he received special attention from the Parsees, who presented to Columbia a valuable collection of Zoroastrian manuscripts in recognition of the instruction there given by him in their ancient texts. In 1903 he made a second journey to the Orient, this time visiting Iran. He also visited Central Asia sometime before 1918. Jackson's grammar of Avestan, the language used in the Zoroastrian scriptures, is still considered to be the seminal work on the topic. Jackson was one of the directors of the American Oriental Society.‎

‎PIETER A. M. SEUREN.‎

‎A history of linguistics (A part of Western linguistics). Translated into Persian Ali Mohammad Haghshenas.‎

‎New Persian Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Persian with bilingual title in English and Persian on cover. A history of linguistics (A part of Western linguistics). Translated into Persian Ali Mohammad Haghshenas. [10], 373 p.‎

‎EKREM MALBAT.‎

‎Kürt Kadinlari Teali Cemiyeti ve nizamnamesi.‎

‎New Turkish Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 84, [28] p., color and b/w ills. and facsimile of original regulations text in Ottoman Turkish. Kürt Kadinlari Teali Cemiyeti ve nizamnamesi.‎

‎YUSUF HAS HACIB.‎

‎Selected parts of Kutadgu Bilig. Translated by Havva Aslan. Edited by Zeynep Üstün.‎

‎New English Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In English. 48 p. Selected parts of Kutadgu Bilig. Translated by Havva Aslan. Edited by Zeynep Üstün. Atrocity is a burning fire, it burns whoever approaches to it.Law is water, if it flows it raises blessings.Do not take others' possessions and do not shed blood; aperson moans due to these two sins in deathbed.‎

‎IZZET HAMID [ÜN], (1895-1960).‎

‎Proverbes Turcs et Français: Comparès et Traduits respectivement en Français et en Turc.= Mukâyeseli Türkçe - Fransizca durûb-i emsâl.‎

‎Very Good French Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 13 cm). In Ottoman script and French. 64 p. Proverbes Turcs et Français: Comparès et Traduits respectivement en Français et en Turc.= Mukâyeseli Türkçe - Fransizca durûb-i emsâl. First and Only Edition. Rare. Özege 14392.; OCLC 14229890.‎

‎INJIL-E SHARIF [BIBLE - INCIL - HOLY BOOK IN NEW PERSIAN].‎

‎Enjil-e Sharif: Hudâwand-i wa Naghât dahanda-i mâ 'Îsâ Masîh kih az zabân-i Yûnânî tarjuma suda ast; [Tarjuma-e jadîd-e Fârsî (Verayesh-e dovvum].‎

‎Fine Persian Original bdg. (Flexible Vinyl Edition). Foolscap 8vo. (18 x 12 cm). In Persian (Modern). 679, [13] p., maps. Enjil-e Sharif: Hudâwand-i wa Naghât dahanda-i mâ 'Îsâ Masîh kih az zabân-i Yûnânî tarjuma suda ast; [Tarjuma-e jadîd-e Fârsî (Verayesh-e dovvum]. New Testament in New Persian. Scarce.‎

‎KARAKASZÂDE ÖMER b. MEHMED, (?-1637).‎

‎[EARLY PLAGIARISM of a MYSTIC WAY] Nurü'l-hüda li-men-ihtida.‎

‎Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original 1/3 leather bdg. Decorative cloth boards with crescent and star and tughra. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 ccm). In Ottoman script. 271 p. AH 1286 = AD 1870. Karakaszâde was born in Bursa and died in Edirne. One sheikhsof the Jalvatiyya order. His works are "Nûru'l-Hüdâ li men Ihtidâ" and "Serh-i Risâle-i Hâce Cihan" and "Mürettebât Divan", which talk about mysticism and morality and are written on the old Ottoman inscription, but were written with some humble and extreme views. This book includes history of the mystic orders and tradition of Islamic and Turkish sufism. According to some claims this work by him is a plagiarist from 'Menâkibnâme-i Hâce Cihan ve Netice-i Can' by Vahidî. One copy in OCLC with mistake of author's name: 39817913.; Özege 15570. First Edition. Rare.‎

‎ROBERT [FRIEDRICH MORITZ] ANHEGGER, (German Turcologist, Orientalist), (1911-2001).‎

‎Autograph typed document with signed 'Rob. Anhegger' sent to the Organizing Committee of the XVth International Congress of Sociology in 1952, Istanbul.‎

‎Very Good English Original types document with autograph scripts. 4to. (30 x 21 cm). In English. 1 p. A typed document for the registration to the Congress of Sociology at Istanbul in 1952. Dated 31. IX. 1952. His autograph notes are his name and surname, his address, date, title of communication (his proceeding's title) and signature. His proceeding entitled 'Osmanlica'nin inkisafinda içtimâî faktörler' [i.e. Social factors in the development of Ottoman Turkish]. German Turkologist; educated in Switzerland; member of the Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD); traveled widely in Turkey together with the Austrian Turkologist and fellow party member Andreas Tietze; settled in Turkey in 1939; after the Second World War director of the German cultural institute, later Goethe Institute (1961-68), in Istanbul and lastly of the Goethe Institute in Amsterdam. Anhegger was born in Vienna in 1911, the son of a German trader. After World War I (much of which he spent in Switzerland), Anhegger moved with his parents to Rotterdam. In 1923 the family moved to Zürich. In Zürich, Anhegger started to read Law, History and Literature at the university, before moving to Vienna in 1932. There he continued his studies, this time reading Economic History, Slavonic studies and Islamic studies. He also started to learn Turkish. It was during his studies in Vienna that he befriended Andreas Tietze. They not only shared scholarly interests, but also a passion for left-wing politics. Anhegger made his first trip to Turkey in 1935. In 1939 he received his Ph.D. degree at the University of Zürich and in 1940 he moved (and as it turned out emigrated) to Istanbul. He had several motives for doing so: quite apart from his scholarly interest in Turkey, his background in the Communist movement and the fact that he shared his life with a Jewish woman, made him feel unsafe so close to Germany. In Istanbul he worked at the German Archeological Institute until he was dismissed in 1942 for refusing to join up when called to serve in the German army. After his dismissal he worked as a teacher of German language and literature in a number of places, notably Istanbul University. As a German with intimate knowledge of Turkey, who was untainted by any Nazi connections, Anhegger from the early fifties onwards became the lynchpin of German cultural activities in Istanbul, culminating in his directorship of the Goethe Institute after 1961. In 1958 Anhegger married the Turkish architect Muallâ Eyüboglu, the sister of the painter Bedri Rahmi. His connections with modern Turkish painters led him to found the first private art gallery in Istanbul in 1957. Robert and Muallâ Anhegger now live partly in Istanbul, partly in Amsterdam.‎

‎PEYAMI SAFA, (Turkish author), (1899-1961).‎

‎Autograph document signed 'Peyami Safa'.‎

‎Very Good French Original autograph manuscript document signed 'Peyami Safa'. Oblong: 15x23 cm. In French. 1 p. It's resume of a paper written for the "XVeme Congress International de Sociologie, Istanbul, 11-17 Septembre 1952" related to 'Ibn-Khaldoun' and 'Auguste Comte'. Safa was a Turkish journalist, columnist and novelist. He was born in 1899 to writer and poet Ismail Safa (1867-1901) in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. While he was only two years old, his father died in exile in Sivas. During his youth years until the age of seventeen, he lived in psychic and physical depression due a bone sickness he suffered from at the age of eight or nine. He rejected his doctors' advice to amputate his arm. Safa described his experiences in hospitals in his novel Dokuzuncu Hariciye Kogusu, which was filmed in 1967. In 1911, Peyami Safa had to give up his education at Vefa High School, and began working in a printing house and later in the Ministry of Post. He taught himself French, and in 1918 together with his elder brother began publishing a newspaper. In later years, he published three literary periodicals. He also wrote in various newspapers sometimes as a columnist, and sometimes as a novelist. Most of his novels were created before 1940. In these novels, he stressed on the west-east conflict in the Turkish society during the early years of the Turkish Republic. His novel Dokuzuncu Hariciye Kogusu gained much interest. In 1931, he wrote his only historical novel about Attila the Hun. Besides these novels, he wrote many serial stories and novels in newspapers, among them in Cumhuriyet and Milliyet, under the pseudonym "Server Bedii". Some of these are about a gentleman thief named Cingöz Recai.‎

‎IRACH J[EHANGIR] I. TARAPOREWALA.‎

‎Zerdüst dini: Zerdüst'ün Gathalari, üç unutulmus din: Mitraizm, Maniheizm, Mazdakizm. [= The religion of Zarathusthra: Tha Gathas of Zarathusthra, three forgotten religions]. Translated to Turkish by Nice Damar.‎

‎New Turkish Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 212 p. Zerdüst dini: Zerdüst'ün Gathalari, üç unutulmus din: Mitraizm, Maniheizm, Mazdakizm. [= The religion of Zarathusthra: Tha Gathas of Zarathusthra, three forgotten religions]. Translated to Turkish by Nice Damar. Buyuk Peygamber Zerdust'un solugunun, antik tapinaklarin sunaklarindaki kullerini ufleyerek, yine tapinaklarini supurecegi gunu dusluyorum ve her sunak isildayarak atese donusecek ve yine gokyuzunden karsilik veren alevler, Iran dininin bir kez daha olmasi gerektigi gibi, insan tinlerinin isaret fisegi, dunyanin en buyuk dinlerinden biri, yaparak dusecek. Annie Besant Bu kitap, Dr. J.S. Taraporewala'nin "Zerdust Dini" adli ilk baskisi 1926'da yapilmis kitabinin yeniden gozden gecirilmis ve genisletilmis baskisidir. Kitapta ayrica Zerdust Gathalarinin Ingilizceden yapilmis serbest kosuk cevirisi ve Iran'in unutulmus dinleri Mitraizm, Manizm ve Mazda dinleri uzerine uc deneme de yer aliyor. Gathalarin cevirisi, okurun peygamberin bildirisini, kendi sozcuklerinden ogrenmesini, Iran'in unutulmus dinleri uzerine uc deneme ise, yasayan en eski dinlerden biri olan Zerdust dinini kendi perspektifinden gormesini ve bu inancin, neden hala gelismekte oldugunu anlamasini saglayacaktir. [The Religion of Zarathushtra is at the same time one of the simplest and yet most profound introductions to Zoroastrianism, the once glorious but now nearly forgotten religion of the Magi. The author grew up in the small community of Zoroastrians still surviving in India, and had a deep and abiding love for his religion. He was a man of liberal outlook and wide learning, with a full mastery of the ancient languages. He became one of the greatest scholars of Zoroastrianism in our time. The rare combination of a true believer and a profound scholar gives this book simple beauty and great depth.].‎

‎Prep. by OSMAN ASLANOGLU, BEDIRHAN ISLAMOGLU, ZEKI GÜRÜR, HAYRULLAH ACAR, EVREN ASLANOGLU.‎

‎Multilingual dictionary = Ferhenga pirzimanî = Çok dilli sözlük = Ferhenga zafziwan = Ferhengifireziman = Ferhenga çend zebane. Türkçe - Kurdî / Kurmancî - Kurdî / Kirmanckî (Zazakî) - Kurdî / Soranî - Fârisî - English.‎

‎New English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (23,5 x 16,5 cm). In English, Kurdish and Kurdish with Zaza, Sorani, and Kirmanci dialects, Turkish, and Persian. 239 p. Third Edition. Multilingual dictionary = Ferhenga pirzimanî = Çok dilli sözlük = Ferhenga zafziwan = Ferhengifireziman = Ferhenga çend zebane. Türkçe - Kurdî / Kurmancî - Kurdî / Kirmanckî (Zazakî) - Kurdî / Soranî - Fârisî - English.‎

‎NAÛM FAÎQ.‎

‎Beth-Nahrîn.‎

‎New New Syriac Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Large demy 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Turkish, Syriac, and Kurdish. 122, 110, 126 p. Beth-Nahrîn. Collected articles of Assyrian writer Naum Faik published in the journal Beth Nahrin.‎

‎H. BÜLENT DEMIRBAS.‎

‎Musul Kerkük olayi ve Osmanli Imparatorlugunda Kuveyt meselesi.‎

‎Fine Turkish Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 176 p. Musul Kerkük olayi ve Osmanli Imparatorlugunda Kuveyt meselesi. Second Edition.‎

‎TALAT TEKIN.‎

‎Les inscriptions de l'Orkhon. Kul Tighine, Bilghe Qaghan, Tounyouqouq.‎

‎Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 13 cm). In French. 128 p. Color and b/w plates. "Quand le ciel bleu en haut (et) la sombre terre en bas furent crees, entre les deux furent crees aussi les fils de l'homme". Ces mots figurent sur les plus anciens monuments inscrits en turc, sur les inscriptions de l'Orkhon (VIIIe siecle ap. J-C.) se trovant au bord la riviere Orkhon en Mongolie. La 'pierre angulaire' d'une culture millinaire, une histoire gravee a jamais sur les pierres: les inscriptions de l'Orkhon.".‎

‎TOMAS TERZIYAN, (Philologist and Teacher in Galatasaray High School), (19th century).‎

‎[EXERCISES ON ARMENIAN LANGUAGE FOR THE OTTOMAN LEARNERS] Talîm-i lisân-i Ermeni.‎

‎Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Modern very decorated full leather bdg. Tear and missing on imprint page; also first two pages, however only two words are missing, slightly toned on pages. Foolscap 8vo. (17,5 x 11,5 cm). In Ottoman script and Armenian. [8], 94 p. Talîm-i lisân-i Ermeni. The Tanzimat reforms from 1839 stimulated Armenian cultural activity in Constantinople and the port city of Smyrna (now, Izmir). The number of Armenian titles printed in the Ottoman capital grew exponentially throughout the next few decades. By the mid-nineteenth century Constantinople had regained its status as "the World Capital of the Armenian Book" for a new span of 40 years. Thereafter, the fortunes of Armenian book publishing in Constantinople became hostage to political developments in the Ottoman Empire. Armenian printing stagnated during the repressive regime of Sultan Abdülhamid II, but rebounded immediately after the 1908 Revolution. It almost ground to a halt during the First World War, yet it was rejuvenated immediately after the Ottoman defeat. After Constantinople (renamed Istanbul in 1930) was integrated into the Turkish Republic established by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Armenian cultural freedoms were curtailed, the total number of Armenian books published declined, although the city still remains an important center of Armenian-language book printing outside Armenia. This is a small and extremely rare Armenian linguistic book printed for the Ottoman / Turkish learners. OCLC: 1004312309 / 780182928.; Özege 19657. First and Only Edition.‎