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Edited by SINAN KUNERALP.
Ottoman diplomatic documents on "the Eastern Question" III: Egypt. From Ismail Pasha's abdication to Hasan Fehmi Pasha's mission to London 1879-1885.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 728 p. Preface. Editor's Note. Introduction. Index of writers of telegrams and despatches. Documents. Name index. Subject index. Ottoman diplomatic documents on "the Eastern Question" III: Egypt. From Ismail Pasha's abdication to Hasan Fehmi Pasha's mission to London 1879-1885.
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FREDERICK DE JONG.
Sufi orders in Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Egypt and the Middle East.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 276 p. Sufi orders in Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Egypt and the Middle East.
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Edited by PABLO MARTIN ASUERO.
Diego de Coello Quesada y la cuestion de Oriente, 1882-1897. Articulos sobre Turquia, Egipto, Sudan, Rumania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Grecia y los patriarcas orientales.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Spanish. 368 p. Diego de Coello Quesada y la cuestion de Oriente, 1882-1897. Articulos sobre Turquia, Egipto, Sudan, Rumania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Grecia y los patriarcas orientales. Diego de Coello Quesada y la cuestion de Oriente, 1882-1897. Articulos sobre Turquia, Egipto, Sudan, Rumania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Grecia y los patriarcas orientales.
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EVANGELIA BALTA.
Ottoman studies and archives in Greece.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 120 p. Ottoman studies and archives in Greece.
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LIVIO MISSIR DE LUSIGNAN.
Familles Latines de l'Empire Ottoman.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 164 p. Familles Latines de l'Empire Ottoman. OTTOMANIA Levantin culture Latins Mediterranean.
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SIA ANAGNOSTOPOULOU.
The passage from the Ottoman Empire to the nation-states. A long and difficult process: The Greek case.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 228 p. The passage from the Ottoman Empire to the nation-states. A long and difficult process: The Greek case.
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LIVIO MISSIR DE LUSIGNAN.
Vie Latine de l'Empire Ottoman (Les Latines d'Orient).
New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In French. 244 p. Vie Latine de l'Empire Ottoman (Les Latines d'Orient).
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MEHMET BÜLBÜL et alli.
Türkiye ile Misir Arap Cumhuriyeti'nde tarim isletmelerinin arazi genislikleri ve degisimi, (1952-1986).
Fine Turkish Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Turkish. [8], 40 p. Türkiye ile Misir Arap Cumhuriyeti'nde tarim isletmelerinin arazi genislikleri ve degisimi (1952-1986).
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SEYYID QUTB, (1906-1966).
Milestones.
Good English Paperback. Many personal notes with pen and underlined words. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In English. 160 p. Milestones.
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KURTULUS ÖZTOPÇU.
Kitâb fî 'ilm an-Nussâb. A 14th-century archery treatise in Mamluk-Kipchak.= Kitâb fî 'ilm an-Nussâb. Memlûk Kipçakçasiyla 14. yy.'da yazilmis bir okçuluk kitabi.
As New English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English and Turkish; and Mamluk-Kipchak facsimile. [xiii], 367 p. This book is a bilingual edition of Kitâb fî 'ilm an-Nussab; a book on the knowledge of arrows or hulasa 'The essence', a late fourteenth century archery manual written in Mamluk-Kipchak and composed during the Mamluk reign in Egypt. This work is the earliest archery manual written in any Turkic language. Although many Arab historians have described the incredible feats of Turkish archers, our knowledge of their skills from Turkic sources written prior to the 14th century is limited to scanty and sporadic material collected from various glossaries and literary works. Contents; Preface; abbrv., transcription table; introduction; Linguistic analysis of the text; Transcription; English translation; glossary; bibliography; technical terminology; reverse English-Mamluk-Kipchak glossary.; Facsimile.
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FERID ALI ZEMMET ES-SEYH HASAN ER-RASIDÎ.
Kitab-i tercüman-i Türkî ve Arabî.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) In modern aesthetic cloth bdg. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script and Arabic. 71 p. Kitab-i tercüman-i Türkî ve Arabî. Hegira: 1290 = Gregorian: 1874. This Edition is not in Özege. Özege has another printed editions Cairo; in Bulaq and Iraniyye. One of early Cairo copies. An extremely rare conversation guide of Turkish (Ottoman) from Arabic; otherwise Turkish guide for Arabs.
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TURHAN TURGUT.
Postal history of the Ottoman Empire: Rates and routes, 1840-1922.= Osmanli Imparatorlugu posta tarihi: Tarifeler ve possta yollari, 1840-1922.
New English Original bdg. HC. Large roy. 8vo. (23 x 19 cm). In English and Turkish. 865 p., ills. Postal history of the Ottoman Empire: Rates and routes, 1840-1922.= Osmanli Imparatorlugu posta tarihi: Tarifeler ve possta yollari, 1840-1922. "The first uniquely illustrated comprehensive study based on original archival material. Turkish philately has been missing a fully comprehensive body of information relating to postal rates during the Ottoman era. This study attempts to fill this gap by creating an inclusive resource based on multiple diverse pieces of public information as well as documents found in the extensive Turkish national archives.".
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Edited by ZEYNEP ERPAMIR.
Istanbul sanayi tarihi: Sanayinin sonsuz isiginda üretenlerin öyküsü. Yeniden üretim ekonomisi, yeniden sanayilesme, yeniden üretim kültürü. 2 volumes set.
New New Turkish Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (30 x 24 cm). In Turkish. 2 volumes set: (333 p.; 265 p.), color and b/w ills. Istanbul sanayi tarihi: Sanayinin sonsuz isiginda üretenlerin öyküsü. Yeniden üretim ekonomisi, yeniden sanayilesme, yeniden üretim kültürü. 2 volumes set. Industrial Istanbul history. A comprehensive study. 700 copies were printed.
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FIKRET EROGLU.
Ümmü Gülsüm: Dogu'nun yildizi.
New Turkish Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 304 p., ills. Ümmü Gülsüm: Dogu'nun yildizi. A biography of Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum, (1898-1975). Kulthum was an Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress active from the 1920s to the 1970s. She was given the honorific title Kawkab al-Sharq. Umm Kulthum was known for her vocal ability and style. She sold over 80 million records worldwide. Umm Kulthum is considered a national icon in her native Egypt and has been dubbed as "The voice of Egypt" and "Egypt's fourth pyramid". A comprehensive biographic study.
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MUNSIS MERZÛKÎ.
Diktatörlük ile devrim arasinda Arap dünyasinin krizleri. Comp. and transl. by Zahide Tuba Kor.
New Turkish Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Turkish. 191 p. Diktatörlük ile devrim arasinda Arap dünyasinin krizleri. Comp. and transl. by Zahide Tuba Kor.
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Prep. by HATICE GÜLER.
Memlûk Sultanligi: Mesâli-ku l-ebsâr fî-memâliki'l-emsâr'a göre (Devlet-i Memâliki'l-Ûlâ kismi, 1301-1349).
New Turkish Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 168 p. Memlûk Sultanligi: Mesâli-ku l-ebsâr fî-memâliki'l-emsâr'a göre (Devlet-i Memâliki'l-Ûlâ kismi, 1301-1349).
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V. VLADIMIROV / HÂMIT DILGAN
Eski Misir mimarisindeki nisbetler. / Sanat ve tabiatta matematik armoni.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. [2], 76, [1] p., b/w plts. Eski Misir mimarisindeki nisbetler. / Sanat ve tabiatta matematik armoni.
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MICHEL ZEVACO, (1860-1918).
Sen Pol Sarayi: Hakikî vukûât-i tarihiyeye müstenid, cinâî, ahlâkî ve bütün dünyada en ziyâde söhret ve ragbete mazhar olmus en esrârengîz bir romandir. [= L'Hôtel Saint-Pol]. Translated by Fuad Tâlad.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Modern aesthetic dark cloth bdg. Ottoman title lettered gilt on board and spine. Large roy. 8vo. (24 x 18 cm). In Ottoman script. 366, [1] p. Sen Pol Sarayi: Hakikî vukûât-i tarihiyeye müstenid, cinâî, ahlâkî ve bütün dünyada en ziyâde söhret ve ragbete mazhar olmus en esrârengîz bir romandir. [= L'Hôtel Saint-Pol]. Translated by Fuad Tâlad. First Edition. Hegira: 1327 = Gregorian: 1911. OCLC 780193666. Özege 17761. Rare.
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MATHILDE ABDEL MESSIH (Publisher); MOHAMAD LABIS SEYFOU (Compositor).
[SHEET MUSIC] Mohamad Labis Seifou pour piano par Mathilde Abdel Messih.= Mohammad Labis Saife bagmat al-hejaz mousiki waz' Matilde Abdalmesih. No. 35.
Very Good Arabic Original sheet music. Folio. (32 x 25 cm). In Arabic and French. 4, [1] p. Illustrated cover. Stamp on cover by 'Hanna George'. Second page has personal stamp of Messih (Publisher). [SHEET MUSIC] Mohamad Labis Seifou pour piano par Mathilde Abdel Messih.= Mohammad Labis Saife bagmat al-hejaz mousiki waz' Matilde Abdalmesih. No. 35. Printed in Egypt.
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MEHMET AKAN, TIMUR KURAN.
Microhistory of the Turkish posts, 1920-2015. Vol. 1: 1920-1950.= Türkiye'de postanin mikrotarihi, 1920-2015. Cilt 1: 1920-1950.
New English Original bdg. HC. 4to. (30 x 22 cm). In English and Turkish. 816 p., color ills. Microhistory of the Turkish posts, 1920-2015 - Volume 1: 1920-1950.= Türkiye'de postanin mikrotarihi, 1920-2015. Cilt 1: 1920-1950. Postal history and collecting bring to mind stamps and cancellations. Few people think of forms issued by the post office, even though these are used as commonly and show as much variety. When two collectors decided to focus on postal forms, they noticed the near absence of informative sources. Thus began the first broad study of the postal forms issued by the Ottoman Empire and Republic of Turkey. Microhistory of the Turkish Posts identifies and catalogues various types of postal forms rooted in the Ottoman era. Going well beyond technical information, the authors interpret the physical objects as well as the messages they carry. This enables them to draw intriguing linkages to political, economic, cultural, and social developments, opening new windows into Turkish history. This first volume reviews the emergence of postal forms during the Ottoman era, then covers the thirty-year period beginning in 1920 the year when a nationalist government in Ankara started challenging the authority of the Istanbul-based monarchy. The War of Independence saw the conversion of Ottoman postal forms to nationalist postal matter through either hand- or machine-made overprints; ne types were also produced. Highlighting usages of such rare items, the investigation continues with fascinating series produced up to the onset of bona fide multi-party governance in 1950.
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HUMBERTUS [Umberto] DE FRANCO, (Cav. di Gr. Mag. con Groce al Merito di Ia Clase e Corona, del Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta Docente di Lettere Classiche nei Licei Statali).
Aegyptus: Libellus qui publica laude dignus in 'Certamine Capitolino' XVII (MCMLXVI) habitus est. [Including De Franco's business card and signed copy].
Very Good Latin Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Latin. 19 p. Aegyptus: Libellus qui publica laude dignus in 'Certamine Capitolino' XVII (MCMLXVI) habitus est. [Including De Franco's business card and signed copy]. Signed by Umberto De Franco. Extremely rare. Not in OCLC.
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TAJ-AL-DIN AL-SUBKÎ (Abu Nasr Taaj-al-Din Abd al-Wahhâb al-Subkî), (1327-1370).
Mu'îdü'n-ni'âm: Makam ve meslek ahlâki. Edited and prep. by Harun Yilmaz, Muhammet Enes Midilli, Halit Özkan.
New Turkish Original bdg. HC. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 310 p. Mu'îdü'n-Ni'âm: Makam ve meslek ahlâki. Edited and prep. by Harun Yilmaz, Muhammet Enes Midilli, Halit Özkan. Al-Subkî known simply as Ibn al-Subki was a leading Islamic scholar, a faqih, a mu?addith and a historian from the celebrated al-Subki family of Shâfi'î 'ulamâ, during the Mamluk era. Tâj al-Dîn al-Subkî was born and educated in Cairo, Egypt, in 1327 (727 AH). He was first educated by his father, the celebrated scholar Taqî al-Dîn al-Subkî. At age 11 years he joined his father in Damascus, where he studied under the leading scholars of his day, such as the historian al-Dhahabi and the jurist Ibn al-Naqîb. Aged 18 he became a mudarris (professor) and kha?ib at the Umayyad Mosque. In his late twenties he began to assist his father as qa?i (Chief judge) of Syria, and on his father's retirement to Cairo in 1354, he replaced him as qa?i of Damascus. He also held the title Mufti In 1357 he was removed from office but reinstated several months later. In 1368 he was jailed for misappropriation of funds. Following a petition by friends, he was released after 80 days and seems to have been exonerated. He died of the plague in 1370 (771 AH) aged 44 years. Mu'îdü'n-Ni'âm "i.e. The restorer of favours and the restrainer of chastisements", treats 113 trades, professions and offices of the author's own time, in the light of how their exponents should behave in order to recover God's favour.
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O. F. COOK.
Hindi cotton in Egypt.
Very Good English In black cloth bdg. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 58 p., vi numerouos b/w plates. Hindi cotton in Egypt. First Edition.
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A. HALÛK ÜLMAN.
1860-1861 Suriye buhrani: Osmanli diplomasisinden bir örnek olay.
Fine Turkish Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. [viii], 135, [9] p. 1860-1861 Suriye buhrani: Osmanli diplomasisinden bir örnek olay.
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COSTANDI MANCY, (1890-?).
[SHEET MUSIC] Ya taleh el-Saad Ifrahli Musique pour piano et instruments Arabes.
Very Good Arabic Original sheet music. Folio. (32,5 x 25 cm). In Arabic and French. 4, [1] p. Illustrated cover. [SHEET MUSIC] Ya taleh el-Saad Ifrahli Musique pour piano et instruments Arabes.
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MUHSiN OSMAN.
Mezopotamya: Vekolîneke dîrokî di bajarvanî kultur û dramayê de.
New Kurdish Paperback. Demy 8vo. (22 x 14 cm). In Kuridsh. 165 p., b/w ills. Mezopotamya: Vekolîneke dîrokî di bajarvanî kultur û dramayê de. A study on history of the religions in the Mesopotamia.
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FATIH YAHYA AYAZ.
Memlükler'de tarih ve tarihçiler.
New Turkish Paperback. Demy 8vo. (22 x 14 cm). In Turkish. [xiii], 241 p. Memlükler'de tarih ve tarihçiler. Historiography and historians in the Mamluks.
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DR. CELADET ÇELIKER.
Li Kurdistanê û rojhilata çekên kimyayi biyolojiki û atomi.
New Kurdish Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Kurdish. 269 p., b/w ills. Li Kurdistanê û rojhilata çekên kimyayi biyolojiki û atomi.
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PAUL LANGE BEY, (German musician, teacher, orchestra and choir leader living and working in Istanbul), (1857-1919).
[SHEET MUSIC - ANTHEM OF BARBAROS HAYREDDIN] Haireddin Barbarousse.= Barbaros Hayreddin marsi.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Paperback. Folio. (33 x 24 cm). In Ottoman script (Turkish with Arabic letters), and bilingual text in French and Ottoman Turkish on the cover. [4] p. Paul Lange was a German musician, teacher, orchestra, and choir leader living and working in Istanbul. Lange "Europeanized" Turkish military music and was one of the pioneers to bring German and European classical music to the Ottoman capital in the years between 1880 and 1920. Lange was born in Kartzow, Prussia, the descendant of an old Prussian teacher family. He was trained at the teacher's college in Neuruppin to become a school teacher. He graduated from that college in 1879 with honors. Because of his high musical skills, he was then admitted to the "Royal Academic Institute for Church Music" in Berlin, where he received training as a church organist. In 1880, Lange moved to Constantinople, where he assumed a position as a music teacher at the German School (Alman Lisesi) as well as organist of the Chapel of the German Embassy. Subsequently, Lange also became a music teacher at various other institutes of higher education in Constantinople, including several Greek and Armenian high schools (lycées) as well as American colleges such as Robert College and American College for Girls. Lange became a successful piano teacher and subsequently also formed his private conservatory, which however had to declare bankruptcy after two years. He transformed an existing Italian orchestra into a large German-style symphony orchestra with which he conducted the first performances ever of Beethoven symphonies and Wagner operas in the Ottoman Empire, with enormous success. Finally, during his visit to Constantinople in 1898, Kaiser Wilhelm II, who had already appointed him a "Kaiserlicher Musikdirektor" in 1894, became aware of Lange and helped him gain a position as head of a naval military orchestra of the Ottoman Navy. Subsequently, he took over several other military ensembles, before finally being appointed Director of the Sultan's music after the revolution in 1908. Since then Lange carried the Ottoman Court title "Bey". As a member of the Ottoman court, Lange was allowed to stay in Istanbul by the Allied Military Administration when all other Germans and Austrians were deported from the city. When Lange died in Üsküdar, Ottoman Empire, in December 1919, he received a state funeral, and the British Embassy chaplain performed the funeral at Feriköy Protestant Cemetery. However, his widow and his youngest daughter, who had stayed with him in Istanbul, were deported to Germany only a few months later in May 1920. The German-American conductor Hans Lange (assistant of Arturo Toscanini in New York City, later conductor at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, best known for numerous recordings with the Wagner soprano Kirsten Flagstad) was the oldest son of Paul Lange. Paul Lange was a close friend of fellow German lecturer, Dr. Friedrich Schrader, also a faculty member at Robert College in the 1890s.
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TONI D. GÖRÖG, (Hungarian composer), (?-1900).
[SHEET MUSIC - ANTHEM OF THE KHEDIVE] Grande marche d'Abbas Pacha. Compsee et tres respectueusement dediee a son altesse le Khedive par Toni v. Görög.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Paperback. Folio. (33 x 24 cm). In Ottoman script (Turkish with Arabic letters), and bilingual text in French and Ottoman Turkish on the cover. [4] p. Görög was a Hungarian composer of Hidîv [i.e. Khedive] Abbas Hilmi Pasha Anthem in Buselik, which was played in Egypt between 1892-1914. Not in OCLC. Extremely rare.
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DR. WILLIAM STEVENSON SMITH (Prep. by).
Country life in Ancient Egypt (Museum of fine Arts Picture Book No. 2).
Very Good English Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In English. [32] p., fully b/w ills. (47 numbered b/w plates). Country life in Ancient Egypt (Museum of fine Arts Picture Book No. 2).
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ABDÜLKERIM ÖZAYDIN.
Sultan Berkyaruk devri Selçuklu tarihi.= Sultan Barkyaruq and his reign, (185-498/1092-1104).
New English Paperback. PRoy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish with its abstract in English. [xiii], 272 p. Sultan Berkyaruk devri Selçuklu tarihi.= Sultan Barkyaruq and his reign, (185-498/1092-1104).
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NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, (1769-1821).
[EARLY BULAQ IMPRINT / NAPOLEON BONAPARTE] Kitab-i tarih-i Bonapart. Fransiz Imparatoru sabik Napolyon Bonaparte'nin keyfiyet-i ömr-i suur ve ahvâl sairesini nâtik hatt-i desti ile tahrir olmak üzere mahall-i menfasi olan Sent Elen [St. Helena] ceziresinden vürûd eden risalenin tercemesidir. Translated by Hasan Effendi. [i.e. The book of history of Bonaparte].
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) n original cloth bdg. Large roy. 8vo. (25 x 17 cm). In Ottoman script. 90 p. Hegira: 1260 = Gregorian: 144. First, only and extremely rare Ottoman Turkish translation and 'Bulaq Edition' of this account of Napoleon described as 'Extrait du Memorial de Sainte-Helene. The Bulaq or El-Amiriya Press is the first official and governmental printing press to be established in Egypt, and function according to industrial printing basis, causing not just a qualitative but also a quantitative and knowledgeable leap in science throughout the Arab region. The Bulaq Press was part of Mohamed Aly's inclusive development plans for the modernization of Egypt. The Khedive first initiated his plans by establishing a strong Egyptian army; one that is capable of strengthening his grip on the country. It thus became essential that this army be provided with the necessary instructive and educational books and material, by which to learn military plans and techniques, as well as the different types of artillery and laws that define a soldier's duties and rights. A pressing need eventually developed for establishing a governmental press; one that should provide such material. By 1815 CE., Mohamed Aly initiated the process of bringing the art of printing to Egypt by sending the first official delegation, headed by Nicole El Masabki, to Milan in Italy, to learn the principles of printing. The same delegation was later able to return and establish the first official press in Egypt. This rare and unusual book published and printed in Bulaq Press shortly after the foundation of the printing house. After his final defeat at Waterloo and his subsequent second exile, Napoleon Bonaparte spent 10 weeks on board the HMS Northumberland as it sailed him to the far-flung reaches of the South Atlantic. His destination was St. Helena, a small and windswept island under British control. Almost 2000 kilometers west of Africa, St. Helena measured only 122 square kilometers (47 square miles) - half the size of his former home-in-exile, Elba. His intended home, Longwood, was not finished by the time he arrived and so Bonaparte stayed with a British family - the Balcombes- at their residence The Briars. He made a great friend of the family's younger daughter Betsy and the pair got on famously. Napoleon was given very few privileges. Once he met a slave and desired to free him, the English government denied his request on the grounds that he was trying to align with the slaves and start an insurrection. Napoleon spent most of his days dictating his memoirs to his generals, reading plays, novels, and the latest books from Europe that his captors would allow him. He spent six years there, though there are really only anecdotes to describe his life at the time, which, for the most part, carry expressions of loneliness and boredom. Extremely rare. Only six paper copies found in OCLC: 777091409. Cairo FKT 185.; Özege 10976. First Edition.
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[UAR PROPAGANDA PAMPHLET].
[UAR PROPAGANDA / PAMPHLET] Birlesik Arap Cumhuriyeti 1964. [i.e. The United Arab Republic 1964].
Fine Turkish Original pictorial wrappers. Oblong large 8vo. (13 x 25 cm). In Turkish. [22] p., many b/w plates. Not recorded in any platform and library, extremely rare propaganda pamphlet prepared for 60's Turkey by the UAR, The United Arab Republic. On the frontispiece, the leader of the UAR, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser's iconic words with his portrait by Moheeb. The pamphlet includes the UAR's vision usually and its social and economic policies, projects, Suez Canal, Al-Wady al-Gadid, industry, navigation, mining, oil and its industry, agriculture and agricultural reforms, livestock, culture and education, medicine, water, tourism, etc. Extremely rare.
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FATEMEH JANAHMADI, SEYED NASER MUSAVI.
Târîkh-i 'âyîn-hâ wa sha'â'ir-i Fâtimiyân. Foreword by Farhad Daftary.
New Persian Original bdg. HC. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). Text in Persian with an English preface by Janahmadi. [4], 415 p. Târîkh-i 'âyîn-hâ wa sha'â'ir-i Fâtimiyân. Foreword by Farhad Daftary. History of the rituals and mourns of Fatimids. "Fatimids knew that one way to change the social behaviour was to use the same rituals and customs that strengthened religious and national identity. These rituals and ceremonies by creating a lively and active atmosphere invited people to social participation and strengthen mass communication which led to creation of unity between tribes and heterogeneous institutions in different neighborhoods of Egypt. Moreover showing cultural rituals reconstructed the cultural identity of their followers. While holding these festivals and mourning ceremonies imposed exorbitant costs and expenses on Fatimid government in general the glorious holding of these celebrations was a reflection of the good economic condition of the Fatimid court. In this work by using the usual historical methods based on accurate descriptions first I have presented vivid pictures of the festivals celebrations and mourning of this era and in the following I have analyzed the afore-mentioned customs and rituals in details. Based on the questions in the introduction of the book the structure of this collection is divided into five long chapters and one conclusion...".
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AMÎN IZZ AL-DIN, (1921-2001).
[EGYPTIAN SOCIALISM] Târîkh al-tabaqah al-âmilah al-Misrîyah: Mundhu nash'atiha hatta thawrat 1919. [i.e. A history of the Egyptian working class: From its inception until the 1919 Revolution].
Very Good Arabic First book of three of the first edition of this early set on Egyptian working class and Arabian labour, printed in Cairo by one of the pioneer intellectual Amin Izz al-Din, (1921-2001). This rare book includes the formative period of the Egyptian working class especially between the years 1882-1919, from the British occupation of Egypt in 1882 which was crystallized many of the economic trends which had been maturing since the era of Muhammad Ali Pasha of Kavala (1769-1849), to Tawra [i.e. The Egyptian Revolution of 1919] which was a countrywide revolution against the British occupation of Egypt and Sudan. It was carried out by Egyptians from different walks of life in the wake of the British-ordered exile of the revolutionary Egyptian Nationalist leader Saad Zaghlul, and other members of the Wafd Party in 1919. Before the Revolution, by 1914 foreign capital represented 70 per cent of the total capital invested in Egypt. According to Izz al-Din, from 1899 to 1903 at least eight workers' associations were formed, mainly under Greek, Italian and Armenian leadership. But the steady expansion of capitalist relations of production in Egypt and the continuing British occupation provided the conditions which soon led to the appearance of native Egyptian working-class organization and leadership. The crash of 1907 produced a sharp rise in the cost of living and provided the economic incentive for another round of working-class struggle. At the same time, the Egyptian national movement was about to assert itself as a significant new political force. The conjuncture of these factors was the basis for sustained struggle and organization of native Egyptian workers. [.] The strike wave led to the formation of new and more soundly organized unions. There were 43 trade unions functioning in 1919-1920: 19 in Cairo, 18 in Alexandria, and 6 in Port Said, Damietta, Damanhour and Mahalla al-Kubra. [.] In the mid-1920s many enterprises fired workers and attempted, with some success, to disregard or revise agreements reached with trade unions in the first years after the 1919 uprising. There were series of strikes in 1927 in response to these actions - the Alexandria Water Company, Alexandria Tram Company, railway porters, silk weavers, Cairo cigarette workers and Suez Canal workers at Port Said. But by 1927 the number of trade unions had dropped to 62 with a total membership of somewhat more than 21,000. (Source: Formation of the Egyptian Working Class / MERIP). Amin Izz al-Din was a thinker and historian of the Egyptian trade union movement and a prominent historian of the Egyptian labour movement. He was one of the most prominent popular and labour leaders, and he has spent his life serving this movement. Izz al-Din held various leadership positions in the interest of workers and social security, as well as political organizations, as he previously worked in the Office of Arab Affairs at the Presidency of the Republic, and contributed to drafting labour legislation in 1970 and laying the foundations on which the Federation of Egyptian Workers was based. Bachelor of Arts from Cairo University, and a Masters degree from Oxford University British Labour Studies: A number of books have been written, foremost of which is "The History of the Egyptian Working Class", in 3 parts. Half leather bound in Egyptian style raised six bands to spine, Arabic lettered gilt in second and fourth. 'Abdelzehar Bnding' stamp on back endpaper. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Arabic. 213, [1] p. OCLC 23517320.
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SAAD ZAGHLOUL, (1857-1927).
[CRITICAL EDITION OF ZAGHLOUL'S MEMOIRS] Mudhakkirât Sa'd Zaghlûl: Dirâsah. [i.e. Saad Zagloul's memoirs: A study]. Prep. by Mustafa al-Nahhâs Jabr, (1879-1965).
Very Good Arabic Early edition of this critical edition of Saad Zagloul's memoirs prepared by Mustafa al-Nahhas Jabr Pasha. Zaghloul was an Egyptian revolutionary and statesman, who was the leader of Egypt's nationalist Wafd Party. He served as Prime Minister of Egypt from 26 January 1924 to 24 November 1924. By working as a Europeanized lawyer, Zaghloul gained both wealth and status in a traditional framework of upward mobility. Despite this, Zaghloul success can equally be attributed to his familiarity with the Egyptian countryside and its many idioms. In 1918, he became politically active, as the founding leader of the Wafd Party, for which he was later arrested. Zaghloul became increasingly active in nationalist movements, and in 1919 he led an official Egyptian delegation (or wafd, the name of the political party he would later form) to the Paris Peace Conference demanding that the United Kingdom formally recognize the independence and unity of Egypt and Sudan (which had been united as one country under Muhammad Ali Pasha). The British in turn demanded that Zaghloul end his political agitation. When he refused, they exiled him to Malta, and later to Seychelles. In 1922, he was moved from Seychelles and was taken to Gibraltar due to ill health arriving there onboard HMS Curlew and he was released in 1923. Zaghloul's absence caused disturbances in Egypt, ultimately leading to the Egyptian Revolution of 1919. Upon his return from exile, Zaghloul led the Egyptian nationalist forces. Mu??afâ al-Nahhâs Pasha, (1879-1965), a statesman who, as the leader of the nationalist Wafd party, was a dominant figure in Egyptian politics until the revolution of 1952. A lawyer by profession, Na??âs was appointed a judge in the National Court at ?an?â in 1914. Soon after World War I he joined the recently formed Wafd; he was exiled with Sa'd Zaghlul in the early 1920s, and assumed the chairmanship upon Zaghlul's death in 1927. An imitation leather bdg., Arabic lettered gilt on front board. Foolscap 8vo. (18 x 12 cm). In Arabic. 280, [2] p., a portrait of Zaghloul, b/w ills. Offset lithography. OCLC 23485313, 784459538, 1044672960.
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MOHAMMED DIB, (1920-2003).
[GENERATION OF 52 - ALGERIAN FICTION] Sayf fî Afrîqîyah. [i.e. Une E?te? africain = An African summer]. Translated into Arabic by Muhammad Bukhârî.
Very Good Arabic Early Arabic translation and the first Egyptian edition of "Une E?te? africain" novel by Dib, printed in 1959 firstly in French, translated by Egyptian translator Mohammad Bukhârî. An African summer is an early novel about his childhood and youth by Dib and it retains the realistic mode of expression in his description of a people in revolt. Mohammed Dib was an Algerian author, playwriter, and intellectual who was a member of the Generation of '52 - a group of Algerian writers which included Albert Camus and Mouloud Feraoun. In 1959, he was expelled from Algeria by the French authorities for his support for Algerian independence, and also because of the success of his novels (which depicted the reality of life in colonial Algeria for most Algerians). Instead of moving to Cairo as many Algerian nationalists had, he decided to live in France, where he was allowed to stay after various writers (including Camus) lobbied the French government. In contemporary full red imitation leather bdg. Arabic letter gilt on front board. 12mo. (16,5 x 12,5 cm). In Arabic. 172, [4] p., two b/w plates. Chipping on imprint page, overall a very good copy. Copy with no date and press details. First Edition, thus. OCLC 77732316. OCLC shows another Arabic copy printed in "Al-Sûrî" in 196? titled 'Sayf Ifrîqî'.
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ORIENTAL PHILATELIC HOUSE.
[MAP] Map of Cairo, Egypt. Most interesting places in Cairo [and] Egyptian stamps guide.
Very Good English This rare blue-toned lithographed city map showing Nile shores on the south, Tombs of the Khalifs on the north, Railway Central Station on the west. It's folded in its publisher's wrappers. "Most interesting places in Cairo" list on the right side of the paper, up to the Oriental Philatelic House address and advertisement. On verso of the map, Oriental Philatelic House's illustrated collectible postage stamps list including completely Middle Eastern stamps like Egypt, Congress, and Commemorative Stams, Egyptian Sudanese stamps, Arabia-Hedjaz (Cradle and Home of Mohammedanism), Nejd (Wahhabi Regime), Palestine, Iraq, Packets, Transjordan, Great Libanon, and Syria. Original city map of Cairo in original publisher's wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 11 cm). In English. Oblong folio. (As open: 37 x 52 cm).
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MOHAMMAD KÂMIL SALÎM.
[ZAGHLOUL VS ADLY PASHA] Azmat al-Wafd al-kubrâ: Sa'd wa-'Adlî. [i.e. The great Wafd crisis: Saad and Adly].
Very Good Arabic Early edition of a study on Saad Zaghloul and Adly ibn Khalil Yakan hostility in Egyptian Wafd Party. Zaghloul, (1857-1927), was an Egyptian statesman and patriot, leader of the Wafd Party, and of the nationalist movement of 1918-19, which led Britain to give Egypt nominal independence in 1922. He was briefly prime minister in 1924. Adly Yakan Pasha was an Egyptian political figure. He served as the 14th Prime Minister of Egypt between 1921 and 1922, again between 1926 and 1927, and finally in 1929. This book describes in all detail the veto of Adly Pasha on the Milner Report and the conflict between him and Zaghloul. Half leather bdg. made by "Abd al-Zahir" bindery of Egypt. Six raised bands to spine with Arabic letter gilt. Cloth boards. Demy 8vo. (21 x 15 cm). In Arabic. 200 p., portaits and b/w ills. Offset lithography. First and Only Edition. Scarce. OCLC 741068965, 23485359, 236001837, 4770913140 (Arab Union Catalog). Not translated into any Western languages.
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Edited by KEMAL GIRAY.
Ottoman post in Palastine, 1840-1918. Vol. 1: Jerusalem. Vol. 2: Alexander Collection.= Filistin'de Osmanli postalari, 1840-1918. Cilt 1: Kudüs. Cilt 2: Alexander Koleksiyonu. 2 volumes set.
New English Paperback. 4to. (29 x 23 cm). In English and Turkish. 2 volumes set: ([8], 80 p.; [8], 171 p.), color ills. Ottoman post in Palastine, 1840-1918. Vol. 1: Jerusalem. Vol. 2: Alexander Collection.= Filistin'de Osmanli postalari, 1840-1918. Cilt 1: Kudüs. Cilt 2: Alexander Koleksiyonu. First book in the trilogy of the Ottoman Posts in Palestine covering the Ottoman Field Post Offices in Palestine during the First VVorld War, based on the gold medal winning 'The Alexander Collection' was published in 2000. Following years of meticulous research and additional rare material made it possible for us to publish the second book of the series again based on The Alexander Collection covering the Civil Post Offices in Jerusalem from 1840 to 1918 when the Ottoman rule ended in Palestine. The book tells the story of communication under the Ottoman rule commencing with the earliest known letter recorded from Jerusalem to the latest recorded letter. it also includes several unique letters and postcards within the Holy Land. We are planning to publish the last book in the trilogy covering civil post offices in other parts of the Palestine in the very near future.
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HALIL SERIF PASHA, (1831-1879).
[EGYPTOLOGY / HISTORY OF PHARAOHS] Kudemâ-i mülûk-i Misriye tarihi. 2 books set (Matbaa-i Ebüzziya Aded 58-59). [i.e. History of the Ancient Egyptian kings].
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) First and only edition of this rare book on the history of Egyptian kings (pharaohs) by an Ottoman statesman and one of the most famous painting collectors in history. Halil Serif was educated in France, where his studies have primarily been on the realm of political science. Following his return to Egypt, he became for a brief period the second secretary of Abbas Pasha, the governor (1848-1854), and a member of the Council of Justice (Ahkam-i Misriye). Thereafter, he became the Director of the Office of Translation and of the Bureau of Correspondence within the body of Egyptian foreign affairs administration for five years -approximately between 1850 and 1855. Said Pasha (1854-1863), the successor of Abbas as governor of Egypt, then appointed Halil Serif as the commissioner in charge of Egyptian exhibits sent to Paris for the international exposition of 1855. Also known for his own great painting collection, Halil Serif must have stayed in Paris for about a year. He was still there in February and March, 1856, when the Congress of Paris had met to institute peace after the Crimean War. The Ottoman Empire was represented at that Congress by its Grand Vizier, Mehmed Emin Ali Pasha. While Halil Bey was in St. Petersburg, an article on Egyptian history which he had written appeared in Mecmua-i Fünun (the journal of the newly founded Cemiyet-i Ilmiye-i Osmaniye), which began its publication in 1862. 'Kudema-i mülûk-i Misriye Tarihi' (History of the Ancient Egyptian Kings) was published serially in volumes of 1 and 2. Later on, the articles were published by Ebüzziya's press in the form of a book. These articles also brought Halil Bey to the notice of Europeans. (Source: Halil Serif Pasha: Ottoman diplomat and statesman, by DAVISON, Roderic H.).
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EVLIYA ÇELEBI [MEHMED ZILLÎ B. DERVIS], (1611-1685).
[EVLIYA IN EGYPT, SUDAN AND ETHIOPIA] Evliya Çelebi seyahatnamesi. Vol. 10: Misir, Sudan, Habes, (1672-1680).
Very Good Turkish Original grey cloth bdg. Roy. 8vo. (25 x 17 cm). In Turkish. [xxviii], [4], [4], 1112 p., 2 full-page color maps. First map is the most famous one showing the Nile and the second one shows the Mediterranean shores and cities of Egypt. Rare first edition of the 10th, and the last volume of the Evliya's travel corpus including his descriptions of Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia in the late 17th century. This legendary travel account was published between 1896-1938 respectively in ten volumes. "Book X lands him in Egypt and takes him up the Nile to the Sudan and Ethiopia. When Evliya reaches Ibrim on the Nile, the southernmost limit of the Ottoman Empire, he remarks on the intense heat of the place; contrasting it with the intense cold he experienced at the northernmost limit, Azov; and with the mild climates at the eastern and western frontiers, Baghdad on the one hand, and Istolnibelgrad on the other. Apparently, Egypt suited him best, and he found Cairo a worthy counterpart to Istanbul; for he settled there to work up his memoirs of forty-one years of travel. He died around 1683, and there is controversy over whether a certain cryptic passage refers to the Ottoman defeat at Vienna.". (Evliya Çelebi's book of travels. 2. Evliya Çelebi in Bitlis). Evliya Çelebi visited Suakin during one of his journeys across Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti and Tanzania. He describes this territory under the title "The characteristics of old throne center Suakin" as "we stayed in this city for 12 days, trading with all kinds of people with camel trains. I sold 40 dromedaries in return for 500 piasters and also disburdened, sold 50 tusks for 500 piasters. Then we started to wander around the city. The Suez Sea is to the north of the island, and it takes 12 hours to reach Mecca from the island. Therefore, the direction of Mecca from this city is to the north. Suakin is a little island stretching three miles from east to west. (Afyoncu, Daily Sabah). Further travels in the 1670s took him to western and southwestern Anatolia and Syria. He completed the Hajj again and appears to have settled in Egypt for several years. He traveled in Upper Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia searching for the sources of the River Nile, before settling down to compile his great travel book. OCLC 630428224 (with four copies).
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COLONEL [SIR] H[ENRY] E[DWARD] COLVILE, (1852-1907).
[THE SUDAN CAMPAIGN] History of the Sudan campaign. Compiled in the Intelligence Division of the War Office. Pt. 1. Events leading up to the Nile Expedition, and its history to the departure of the desert column from Korti, with appendices and a sketch map.
Very Good English Original red cloth bdg. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In English. [xiv], 277 p., 5 military plans, (3 foldings), and 1 folding map of Sudan Campaign's military plan (57x39,5 cm). Fading on cloth, an ex-library stamp on colophon, light soiling to extremities. Otherwise a good copy. First edition of the first volume of this rare set on the Sudan Campaign, including an eyewitness account of Colvile, an English colonel (later major-general) during the campaign. The presented first volume includes that the forces of the Mahdist movement spreading across Sudan, and threatening General Charles Gordon in Khartoum, while Lord Garnet Wolseley moves slowly south down the Nile. The second and third volumes (including maps only) are missing. By 1882 the Mahdist Army had taken complete control over the area surrounding Khartoum. Then, in 1883, a joint British-Egyptian military expedition under the command of British Colonel William Hicks launched a counterattack against the Mahdists. Hicks was soon killed and the British decided to evacuate Sudan. Fighting continued however and the British-Egyptian forces which defended Khartoum in a long siege were finally overrun on January 28, 1885. Virtually the entire garrison was killed. General Charles Gordon, the commander of the British-Egyptian forces, was beheaded during the attack. In June 1885 Ahmad, the self-proclaimed Mahdi died. As a result the Mahdist movement quickly dissolved as infighting broke out among rival claimants to leadership. Hoping to capitalize on internal strife, the British returned to Sudan in 1896 with Horatio Kitchener as commander of another Anglo-Egyptian army. In the final battle of the war on September 2, 1898, at Karari, 11,000 Mahdists were killed and 16,000 were wounded. (Source: Black Past online). Henry Edward Colville was born at Kirkby Hall, Leicestershire, as the son of Charles Robert Colville and Hon. Katherine Sarah Georgina Russell. Trained at Eton, Colville entered the Grenadier Guards in 1870, followed by his assignment in 1880 as A.D.C. to General Sir Leicester Smyth commanding the forces in South Africa. Colville served in the Intelligence Department of the Suakin Expedition of 1884, distinguishing himself at the Battles of El Teb and Tamai. He was employed on special service in Sudan prior to the Nile Expedition of 1884-85 and after having served in that Expedition, he received the assignment of Chief of the Intelligence Department of the Frontier Force. Following the Battle of Ginnis in the Mahdist War, Colville was promoted to the rank of Colonel and was attached to the Intelligence Department at headquarters. In 1893 he was appointed Commissioner (Acting) for Uganda where he commanded the Unyoro Expedition receiving numerous awards and a promotion to Major General on April 12, 1898. Prior to his retirement in 1901, Colville served as Commander, Infantry Brigade, Gibraltar and Guards Brigade, and 9th Division, South Africa 1899-1900. (Source: Ladysmith & District Historical Society Online).
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DEREK [ISIDOR] KARTUN, (1919-2005).
[FIRST ARABIC EDITION OF 'AFRICA! AFRICA!' BY EDITOR OF THE DAILY WORKER] Ifriqiyah! Ifriqiyah! Qarat taqif ali qidmihâ. [i.e. Africa! Africa! A continent rises to its feet]. Translated by Ahmed Fouad Balbaa; Review by Hassan Lotfi Al-Manfalouti.
Very Good Arabic Half leather bound in Egyptian style raised six bands to spine, Arabic lettered gilt in second and fourth. 'Abdelzehar Binding' stamp on back endpaper. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Arabic. 179, [1] p. First Arabic edition of Kartun's 'Africa! Africa! A continent rises to its feet' which describes the struggle for freedom in British colonial Africa in the face of horrible pressures. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Kartun was the improbable combination of a leftist activist, a captain of industry, a Daily Worker journalist and an author of spy thrillers. Kartun was the son of a Russian-French father and a Polish-English mother. He was born into the world of the cultured bourgeoisie, his uncle being the pianist and conductor Léon Kartun. His father had left Paris Conservatoire when he realized that he would not be one of the great violinists of his generation, and went on to become a successful designer and trader of jewelry. He was sent to England for his schooling, first to a prep school in Redhill, where the combination of being bookish, Jewish, and French proved a hindrance to popularity, and then to St Paul's, where he instead flourished and claimed to be the school's first Jewish boy. As what should have been his sixth form years coincided with a temporary reversal of his father's fortunes, and he was set to work in an advertising agency, later on finding himself working a job on writing scripts for B movies for MGM, where he met Claude Cockburn (see separate entry). Becoming a contributor to Cockburn's scurrilous newssheet The Week merely led him into the Communist Party for the next two decades of his life. Bad eyesight confined him to civilian duties during the war but he wrote several books while in the Communist Party, including Tito's plot against Europe: The story of the Raik Conspiracy (1949), This is America (1947), and Africa, Africa! (1954). He became foreign editor of The Daily Worker, writing for the Party on a wide range of allied themes. He contributed a piece on the French political scene in April 1946 for Raji Dutt's Labour Monthly, when he replaced his brother, Clemens Dutt in March 1945 and joined the staff of the Daily Worker for the first time as its European correspondent, based in Paris. He was initially expelled from France by the Ministry of the Interior only a few hours after arriving! Kartun later covered the birth of the state of Israel, being present during the Siege of Jerusalem in April 1948. (Source: Independent - Obituary: Derek Kartun). [FIRST ARABIC EDITION OF 'AFRICA! AFRICA!' BY EDITOR OF THE DAILY WORKER] Ifriqiyah! Ifriqiyah! Qarat taqif ali qidmihâ. [i.e. Africa! Africa! A continent rises to its feet]. Translated by Ahmed Fouad Balbaa; Review by Hassan Lotfi Al-Manfalouti. ???????-??????? ???? ??? ??? ?????? One copy located in OCLC: 949535161 (Fondation du Roi Abdul-Aziz Al Saoud pour les Etudes Islamiques et les Sciences Humaines / King Abdul-Aziz Al Saoud Foundation for Islamic Studies and Human Sciences - Casablanca).
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ABDULLAH FRERES, (19th century).
Original albumen print photograph. 54. A. Assouan [Aswan].
Very Good French Original albumen print photograph of Aswan in Egypt. 21x26 cm. Description in French. Original gelatin silver print. Boats and native Egyptian types on the Nile river coast. Abdullah Brothers [Abdullah Biraderler) were a group of three Ottoman brothers of Armenian descent, Viçen Abdullahyan (1820-1902), Hovsep Abdullahyan (1830-1908), and Kevork Abdullahyan (1839-1918), who were photographers of international fame during the late Ottoman Empire. In 1886, at the request of the Khedive in Egypt, they opened a branch in Cairo, Egypt.
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Edited by LEHNERT & LANDROCK OF CAIRO.
[SOUVENIR ALBUM - MIDDLE EAST] Cairo: 24 artistic pictures in heliogravures.
Very Good English Original bdg. HC. Oblong 4to. (21,5 x 28 cm). In English. [48] p., fully ills. First and only edition of this scarce and attractive souvenir album including 24 photogravures of general views, streets, architectural buildings, natives, and social life of Cairo, photographed, edited and published by German photograph studio of Cairo "Lehnert & Landrock". Lehnert & Landrock was a photographic studio run by Rudolf Franz Lehnert (1878-1948) and Ernst Heinrich Landrock (1878-1966) active in Tunisia and Egypt in the early 20th century, noted for producing Orientalist images. Rudolf Franz Lehnert and Ernst Heinrich Landrock produced images of North African people, landscapes, and architecture for a primarily European audience. These images were mainly distributed in monographs, though also as original prints, photogravures, and lithographic postcards. (Source: Wikipedia).
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GÜLMEZ FRERES, (Photographed by), (Active 1870-1900).
[PANORAMA OF CONSTANTINOPLE] Panorama du Bosphore, vue sur la côte d'Asie, pris de Robert College.
Very Good English Fine and attractive original panoramic photograph of Constantinople, Istanbul, printing-out paper, 4-part, buildings captioned and credits in negatives in French. 70x9 cm. A dark print. This panoramic photograph was taken by Gülmez Freres inside Robert College. Robert College was founded in Bebek by Christopher Robert, a wealthy American philanthropist, and Cyrus Hamlin, a missionary devoted to education in 1863. The Gülmez Frères were three brothers, of Armenian origin, who established a photography studio in Istanbul, Turkey in 1870. A short time later, they took photos for the Ottoman court and Sultan Abdulhamid II.
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BEHAR & FILS.
[SOUVENIR ALBUM - MIDDLE EAST] Souvenir du Caire, aux petit profits Behar et Fils.
Very Good French Original wrappers. Oblong: 9x15 cm. In French. Very rare souvenir album of Cairo in French, consisting of 12 attractive lithograph postcards showing Cairo's streets, social life in the city, architectural buildings, the Caliph tombs, The Nile river, etc., edited by Middle Eastern photographer and postcard editors "Behar & Fils". No copy in OCLC.
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HALID ZIYAEDDIN, (Ottoman intellectual, author and traveler), (19th-20th century).
[DESCRIPTION OF THE MODERN EGYPT] Musavver Misir hâtirâti. [i.e. Illustrated memoirs from Egypt].
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) In modern aesthetic full leather bdg. in Ottoman style. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 184 p., numerous b/w plates. First and only edition of this scarce travelogue which was planned for fifteen days on January 19, 1909, but took about forty days, containing a first-hand travel account of Egypt in 1909, an Islamic country that began to modernize at the beginning of the 20th century, written by an Ottoman intellectual, one year after the Second Constitutional Regime. This rare book contains early descriptions of the Egyptian municipality, the Red Crescent, gardens and parks, urbanism, zoo, and botanic gardens, tramps, bridges, social life, folkloric customs, Mahmil Alays, cemeteries, music and history of art, hotels, Nile and many historical heritages, architecture, etc. Agop [or Agob] Matyosyan was one of the first Armenian printers to apply during the inspections of printing houses that were done in accordance with the Nizam-name-i Cedid (Jareeda-i Mahakim, No. 429 (13 Jamazia al-awwal 1305) in the late Imperial Ottoman period. Hegira: 1327 = Gregorian: 1910. Özege: 14459. OCLC: 476243661 / 16347814.
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