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1915Very Good Arabic Original hand-colored map on tissue paper. 23x19 cm. In Ottoman script and Arabic. No scale. Manuscript notes of toponyms. It shows Baghdad, Deir Al-Zor, Kirkuk, Mosul, Syria, borders of Ajamistan (Iran), etc. Manuscript notes show that the map was used in military purposes in the last Ottoman Imperial period.
1899Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Paperback. Foolscap 8vo. (18 x 13 cm). In Ottoman script (Turkish with Arabic letters). 80 p., [10] unnumbered b/w plts. Yenisehirlizâde Halit Eyüp was the son-in-law of Ahmet Midhat Efendi, one of the shaded names of Turkish literature. This rare book has 10 unnumbered b/w plates shows firstly Abd Al-Rahman Khan, (1845-1901), who was Emîr of Afghanistan and played a prominent role in the fierce and long-drawn struggle for power waged by his father and his uncle, A'?am Khân, against his cousin Shîr 'Alî, the successor of Dost Mo?ammad Khân. And then, Khaybar Fortress, Peshaver city in India, Tajik chief of Afghanistan: Maaz Khan (two-paged print), a view of Kabul city (two-paged print), Ghaznawid Fortress, North Gate of Kandahar, Herat Fortress (two-pages print), Cohat Fortress, a portrait of Afghan Sufi. An extremely rare and richly illustrated book of the history of Afghanistan. Hegira: 1316 = Gregorian: 1899. First and Only Edition. TBTK 12178.; Özege 19966.; Three copies located in OCLC: 944246927 (One copy in Library of Congress - Karl Süssheim Collection, No. 7.).; 163633157 (Orient-Institut Istanbul and Bayerische Staatsbibliothek).
2018New Turkish Original bdg. HC. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. [8], 376 p. Hanefi mezhebinde biyografi gelenegi. The tradition of the 'biography' in the Hanafi Islamic Madhhab (Sect). The Hanafi school is one of the four religious Sunni Islamic schools of jurisprudence (fiqh). It is named after the scholar Abu ?anifa an-Nu'man ibn Thabit (d. 767), a tabi'i whose legal views were preserved primarily by his two most important disciples, Abu Yusuf and Muhammad al-Shaybani. The other major schools of Sharia in Sunni Islam are Maliki, Shafi`i and Hanbali. The Hanafi school is the maddhab with the largest number of followers among Sunni Muslims. It is predominant in the countries that were once part of the historic Ottoman Empire, Mughal Empire and Sultanates of Turkic rulers in the Indian subcontinent, northwest China and Central Asia. In the modern era, Hanafi is prevalent in the following regions: Turkey, the Balkans, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Afghanistan, parts of Iraq, parts of Iran, parts of Russia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, parts of India and China, and Bangladesh.
1961Very Good French Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In French. 51 p., b/w plates. Les Arabes en Israel.
1962Very Good French Paperback. Demy 8vo. (22 x 14 cm). In French. 32 p. Les Arabes Israeliens et les elections a la quatrieme knesset (Extrait de L'International Review of Social History [Amsterdam], Tome 7).
2020New Turkish Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 301 p. Ilk Islâm devletinin kurulusundan itibaren Müslümanlar, Ortaçag dünyasinin bahrî güç odagi olan Akdeniz üzerindeki egemenlik yarisina dahil olmuslardir. H. III./M. IX. yüzyilin ilk yarisi, Akdeniz'deki Müslüman varligi adina iki büyük gelismeye sahne olmustur: Bunlardan biri 'Abbâsîlere tâbi Tunus merkezli Aglebîlerin Sicilya'yi, digeri ise Endülüslü Müslümanlarin Girit'i fetihleridir. Akdeniz'in bu iki büyük ve stratejik adasinin hemen hemen pes pese (824/5-827) fethedildikleri, kaynaklarin üzerinde ittifakla durduklari tarihsel bir olgudur. Girit'i ilk kez kalici olarak fethetmeyi basaran Endülüslü mülteciler, adada görünürde 'Abbâsîlere tâbi bir Müslüman emîrligi tesis etmislerdir ve bu siyasî yapi, varligini H. 350/M. 961 yilina kadar sürdürmüstür. Adanin Bizanslilarca geri alinisina kadar yaklasik bir buçuk asir sürecek Müslüman hakimiyeti, Dogu Akdeniz adina; Orta Akdeniz'de Sicilya'nin gördügü kritik vazifeyi üstlenecektir. Bu iki adayi ellerinde tutan Müslümanlar, Akdeniz üzerinde belirgin bir üstünlük ve nüfuza sahip olduklari gibi; bu üstünlügün, Girit'in elden çiktigi X. yüzyilin ikinci yarisindan itibaren hizla kaybedilmeye baslamasi da asla tesadüf degildir. Bu baglamda Girit Emîrligi, dogudaki ezelî Islâm-Bizans mücadelesinde belirleyici unsur olmasi açisindan da çok önemli bir kirilma noktasidir. Girit adasinin cografî konum olarak Anadolu'ya yakinligina ve iki yüzyildan uzun bir süre Osmanli idaresinde kalmasina karsin, adadaki ilk Müslüman hakimiyetinin ülkemizde henüz ciddi bir ilmî çalisma konusu haline gelemedigi görülmektedir. Bizim bu çalismayi hazirlamaktaki gayemiz, tarafimizdan fazlasiyla geciken bu ilgiyi Müslüman Girit'e iade edebilmek ve dünyada konuya dair bugüne dek ortaya konabilmis saglam verileri, bundan böyle bu çalismalari daha da ileriye tasiyacaklarina inandigimiz özellikle yeni nesil tarihçilerimizin istifadesine sunabilmektir.
2020New Turkish Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x14 cm). In Turkish. 222 p., ills. The deppictions of Zechariah and Yahya (St. John the Baptizer) in the Islamic art. 1. Bölüm Hz. Zekeriyyâ ve Hz. Yahyâ'nin Hayati 1.1. Yahudilik'te ve Tevrat'ta Hz. Zekeriyyâ ile Hz. Yahyâ 1.2. Hiristiyanlik'ta ve Incil'de Hz. Zekeriyyâ ile Hz. Yahyâ 1.3. Islamiyet'te Hz. Zekeriyyâ ile Hz. Yahyâ 1.3.1. Kur'an-i Kerim'de Hz. Zekeriyyâ ile Hz. Yahyâ 1.3.2. Hadislerde Hz. Zekeriyyâ ile Hz. Yahyâ 1.3.3. Islam Kaynaklarinda Hz. Zekeriyyâ ile Hz. Yahyâ 2. Bölüm Hz. Zekeriyyâ ve Hz. Yahyâ Tasvirlerinin Yer Aldigi Eserler 2.1. Kisasü'l-Enbiyâ Nüshalari 2.2. Silsilenâme Nüshalari 2.3. Hadîkatü's-Süedâ Nüshalari 2.4. Zübdetü't-Tevârih Nüshalari 2.5. Ahvâl-i Kiyâmet Nüshalari 2.6. Falnâme Nüshalari 2.7. Âsârü'l-Bâkiye Nüshalari 2.8. Mi'râcnâme Nüshasi 2.9. Siyer-i Nebî Nüshasi 3. Bölüm Konularina Göre Hz. Zekeriyyâ ve Hz. Yahyâ Tasvirleri 3.1. Hz. Zekeriyyâ'nin Sehâdeti 3.2. Soyagacina Göre Hz. Zekeriyyâ ve Hz. Yahyâ Portreleri 3.3. Kiyamet Sonrasi Hz. Muhammed'in Sag Yaninda Kurulmus Kürsülerden Birinde Oturan Hz. Zekeriyyâ .78 3.4. Hz. Yahyâ'nin Hz. Isa'yi Vaftiz Etmesi 3.5. Hz. Yahyâ'nin Dogduktan Sonra Melekler Tarafindan Gökyüzüne Tasinmasi 3.6. Hz. Yahyâ'nin Cübbesi Üzerindeki Kelime-i Tevhid'i Yahudilerin Görmesi 3.7. Mi'râc Esnasinda Hz. Muhammed'in Hz. Zekeriyyâ ve Hz. Yahyâ ile Karsilasmasi 3.8. Hz. Meryem'in Hz. Isa'yi Dogurmasinin Ardindan Hz. Zekeriyyâ'nin Kavmiyle Tartismasi 3.9. Dagda Inzivaya Çekilmis Hz. Yahyâ'yi Aglar Vaziyette Bulan Annesinin Teskin Etmesi %MCEPASTEBIN%
2014New Turkish Paperback. 4to. (28 x 20 cm). In Turkish. 2 volumes set: ([xi], 612 p., [xi], 559 p.). Merâsidü'l-ittiâ' alâ esmâi'l-emnike ve'l-bikâ'. Yâkût el-Hamavî'nin Mu'cemü'l-Büldân adli eserinin muhtasari. 2 volumes set. Translated by H. Ibrahim Gök.
1921Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original map. Oblong atlas folio. (57 x 77 cm). In Ottoman script. Folded. Stains on the upper side. Slightly chipped margins. Filistin haritasi. Scale: 1/250.000. Erkilet was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the general of the Turkish Army. In fall 1941 he, along with General Ali Fuad Erden, visited the occupied territories in Ukraine (including Crimea) on the invitation of Gerd von Rundstedt. From there he and other Turkish officers flew to Rastenburg to meet Hitler in person. In 1943 he published his essays on that trip under the title "What I Saw on the Eastern Front". Being a staunch Turanist, he was briefly detained for Panturkic activities in 1948 together with some other prominent Turanists.
1981Very Good English Original folded color map. Oblong atlas folio. (60x91 cm). Bilingual in English and Arabic. Arabic map and texts with b/w photographs of some views from Saudi Arabia and English map and texts with b/w photos of Jeddah, Riyadh and Dhahran airports with legends and "distances in kilometers". It shows a very detailed landscape of entire Arabian Peninsula including Saudi Arabia, Aden, Oman, Muscat Qatar, Trucial Coast, Nafud, Dahna, Rub' Al-Khali, Najran, Asir, Yemen, Ramlat As Sab'atayn, Dhofar, Al Mahrah, Hadhramaut, Kuwait, Neutral Zone, and others.
1960Very Good Turkish Original color (green-toned) folded map. 26x26 cm. In Turkish (Modern with Latin alphabet). 1 p. It shows the Sahara area's borders, ancient roads of trade, valleys, desserts, and tribes with their political distribution in the peninsula. Scale: 1:12500000. Neset Çagatay, (1917-2000), was a Turkish academician. He graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Language, History, and Geography in 1940. He became an assistant to Professor M. Fuad Köprülü, (1890-1966). He worked as lecturer professors of Islamic History, History of Islamic Sects, History of Islamic Arts, Classical Religious Turkish Texts, Turkish and Islamic Literature, and Islamic Law.
1960Very Good English Original color city map of Isfahan. 70x50 cm. In English. Folded. No scale. This detailed Isfahan city map includes a very detailed alphabetical index as well. There are some b/w photos indicated several important places and buildings on the map. Remarks says, "Please note that most Government Departments, Point 4, Fao, Banks etc. are situated around the Shah Sqaure. Ask for Ostandari i.e. the Governor's Office at F6 or find the Information Dept. at D6. All streets, avenues, kuchehs are listed under the name of khiaban eg. Khiaban Abbasssad is under K. not A. Historic places are listed both under their own names e.g. Ali-Qapu, Chehel-Sotoon etc.; and under Mosques, Minarets, etc.".
1925Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script. 4 p. Folding trace on cover. Today's organized horse races as today were conducted in Izmir on 23 September 1856 for the first time. In the leadership of Evliyazade Refik Bey and the term's Consul General of England Mr. Patterson, Smyrna Races Club was founded. Izmir races were organized annually on Easter days. S.R.C. races were in their golden ages at the beginning of the 20th century and this ended with the start of 1st World War. Ottoman Jockey Club: The opinions of organizing horse races and breeding by means of jockey club in Turkey was tried to be accomplished but there is no clear knowledge on the actions of this club. According to the directory published in 1909, Grand Vizier Sait Halim Pasha was the president of the Ottoman Jockey Club. Refik Evliyazade started working for regular races to be organized in Istanbul when S.R.C races came to an end with the First World War. As a result of the support by the most powerful person of the era, Enver Pasha, Guild of Cavalryman Horse Riding Club, and Society of Improving Horse Breed were founded in 1913. Choosing Veliefendi as a racetrack coincides with the same era. Bursa Sipahi Ocagi was one of the earliest jockey and horse breeding and racing clubs in Ottoman / Turkish history. This rare booklet includes the regulations of the Bursa Sipahi Ocagi prepared in the Republican period. AH 1341 = AD 1925. Not in Özege.; Not in OCLC. Extremely rare.
1929Very Good Turkish Original manuscript color map of Middle East including Syria, Palestine and Transjordan. Signed by cartographer. 28x20 cm. In Turkish (with Latin letters). The Mapping Department, which moved to Ankara from Istanbul after the Independence War, settled in the Attar Basi Khan in Koyunpazari and the press section also started its studies in the building which is the Art School in Ulus today. In 1924, the department, which is still inside the General Directorate Garrison, moved to the hut-shaped buildings with single floor between the Military Sewinghouse and the General Directorate. On the other hand, the production of maps and plans, which were to be used in development services carried out in parallel to the revolutions starting with the declaration of the Republic and following each other, was considered to be based on a legal arrangement. Because of the necessity of an urgent legal arrangement, the bill of law concerning to the General Directorate of Mapping, whose preparations were initiated by Lieut. Gen. M. Sevki (Ölçer) who knew the importance of the subject, was sent to the Ministry of Defense at the beginning of 1925. After the approval of Ministry of Defense, the bill, which was sent to the Prime Ministry, was discussed in the Council of Ministers and presented to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. As a result; the Mapping Department was re-organized as the General Directorate of Mapping affiliated with the Ministry of Defense with the law bearing the number 657 on May 2, 1925 in order to do all mapping works and meet the needs of maps and plans of all ministries, institutions and organizations. [.] The first application of photogrammetry was made in Kayas, Ankara with the Wild Autograph plotting apparatus which was purchased in that year. Captain Ömer Kadri and Captain Niyazi came back from their photogrammetry education in Germany. Major Halit and Major Nüzhet were sent to France for photogrammetry education and Captain Ishak and Captain Bahri were sent to Germany. Captain Ahmet (Denkmen) and Captain Ömer Kadri attended the Congress of Photogrammetry assembled in Berlin. (Source: The Illustrated History Of Turkish Cartography). Halid Ziya was born in Izmir, Tire. He went to Istanbul and continued to Hendese-i Mülkiye and Engineer Mekteb-i Âlîsi for seven years. After starting with "Aydin Province Umur-i Nafia Third Class Engineering", Halid Ziya Bey, who continued to work as a deputy chief engineer on 14 March 1910, left Aydin and returned to Istanbul after continuing this duty for about six and a half months. As a teacher, he taught Accounting, Algebra, Geometry, and Topography at Halkali Ziraat Mekteb-i Âlîsi and Darussafaka. Halid Ziya Bey, who was appointed as a teacher of Hendese and Cosmography in Kabatas High School, started to practice the profession of engineering and cadastral, which was his main specialty in 1327. After the First World War, the Istanbul Government started its activities in order to capture and neutralize Halid Ziya Bey and his friends. Upon the harsh measures taken, Halid Ziya Bey had to live as a fugitive in the Hasirci Mountains of Eskisehir for a while with the armed force attached to him. Halid Ziya Bey, who was involved in the movement in Anatolia until the end of the National Liberation Struggle, returned to his engineering duty after the proclamation of the Republic and was included in the cadastral works again. In 1925, Halid Ziya Bey was appointed as the Head of the Science Committee of the new cadastre organization. He wrote 5 books on cadastre, photogrammetry, trigonometry, and cadastral tools in 1928 and 1929. In addition, as a result of personal work in 1928, the road between the provincial division of the Republic of Turkey with cities has prepared a comprehensive map to show up in the forest and mining. (Source: Kadastro ne idi, nedir, ne olacaktir, Kadioglu - Yildirir. From Preface.). No scale.
2020New Turkish Paperback. 4to. In Arabic and Turkish. 256 p. Osmanli Arsiv Belgelerinde Müslüman Ülkeler Tarihi Serisi No. 6. (From the Series of the History of Muslim Countries in the Ottoman Archival Documents No. 6). Kuwait based on the Ottoman documents. "Kuwait in Ottoman Documents Selected documents from the Ottoman Archives in Istanbul 1850-1900" falls within the scope of the scholarly efforts IRCICA is deploying to facilitate the access of researchers to Ottoman documents. It is the first work of its kind to contain a large number of Ottoman documents on Kuwait. The Ottoman Archives in Istanbul contain a large collection of documents related to Kuwait. However, they cannot be limited to one volume. The documents adorning the pages of this book were chosen from among thousands if not tens of thousands of documents reserved in the Ottoman Archives in Istanbul. They are selections dating back to a specific period of time and not the whole Ottoman presence in the region: they cover an important part of the history of Kuwait during the second half of the 19th century. They were chosen by Prof. Dr. Fazil Bayat considering what could be most important for researchers dealing with the history of Kuwait during that period. They shed light on major events that occurred in the Kuwait region and the relations between the Ottoman Empire and its rulers, Al Sabah family, in that period. The information they contain has been examined meticulously and with absolute accuracy. A specific method was followed in presenting the documents. The original text of each document is presented side by side with its summary in Arabic. Furthermore, the author examined and analysed each document, outlined it in a simplified form, and added clarifications whenever necessary to facilitate comprehension. As such, the book will be a useful reference to facilitate the task of researchers concerned.
1948Very Good Arabic Original chromo-lithograph map in brown tones. On a special paper with an ongoing blindstamped "Regestre Robur" during the borders. Folded. 70x100 cm. In Arabic. Scale: 1 /1.000.000. Chipped on margins, split on folded traces. Slight discoloration and one stain on lower margin. Otherwise a good copy. An attractive and detailed map of Syria shows the capital (as Aleppo n that map), other cities like Damascus, Raqqa, Homs, Latakia, Ayn al-Arab, Idlib, Hama, Deir Ez-Zor, Jarabulus, et alli. And it shows Turkey on the north (as Turkey containing Hatay and Alexandrette), The Mediterranean shores of the land as well as Lebanon and Palestine (and Jerusalem) on the west, Sharq al-Urdun (Jordan) and Iraq on the south and east. It's very detailed on showing the roads spread throughout the land like railways and ancient roads from the Roman period. Additionally this roads can be followed to the other Arabic countries and regions on the map. This map was calligraphed by Kamel Al-Baba, (1905-1991), who was a Lebanese contemporary / modern calligrapher. He is the son of famous calligrapher Mokhtar Al-Baba. Cannot be found in WorldCat.; Not in Library of Congress Map Collection. Very scarce.
1946Very Good Turkish Paperback. Demy 8vo. (22 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 111, [2] p., 6 numerous b/w plates and 1 plan. A few important works were written on zoology, and in particular horse breeding in the early Republic of Turkey. These books were generally publications that argued that Turkish peasants should be a pioneer in horse breeding in the Anatolian aspect and that the government should support it in economic and social terms. This book was written extensively by Düzgünes, who studied zoology in the USA between 1950-1957. He took lessons from the American professors of his period (M. Lerner, J. Lush et al.) And published his research studies in the field of Poultry Breeding in the A-class science journal (American Poultry Science). Düzgünes, the author of books in the field of Statistics, Genetics, and Animal Breeding, translated the books of his professors in the USA into Turkish and introduced many technical terms related to his subject to Turkish. This book includes six black and white plates showing Turkish horse species and internal organs with a plan showing how to put four mares and a foal in the barn. Very scarce. Not in OCLC.; Turkish National Library 000029336.
1983Very Good Arabic Original creme bdg. HC. Folio. (32,5 x 27 cm). Texts in Arabic with a bilingual title on verso of the cover in English and Arabic. [18] p., [15] unnumbered full paged color plates of the buildings in Jeddah separately tissue papers. Signed and inscribed in Turkish by Cidde emini [i.e. The Lord Mayor of Jeddah] Mohamed Said Farsi, dated 8.5.1984 to Turkish architect Selim Sabuncuoglu as 'Sayin Selim Sabuncuoglu, en güzel temennilerimle Jedda'dan bir hatira. Jeddah emini, Sait Farisi'. Sealed "YÜTAS: Construction Production Industry and Trade Co.". Dr. Mohammed Said Farsi, (1937-2019), was a former Lord Mayor of Jeddah, and a man of such aesthetic integrity that he traveled the world to meet with sculptors, painters, and musicians before replanning the city according to his own meticulously constructed vision. (Source: The Rake). Dr. Farsi was a visionary civic leader and philanthropist who is widely considered to be the father of modern Jeddah. He presided over a five-fold increase in the city's population, led its transformation, including creating the famous Jeddah corniche - a unique public space and an open-air gallery. Dr. Farsi, a noted art lover, was also the first mayor to introduce Western art and sculpture to an Arab city. He is survived by his son Hani Farsi and former wife Naglaa Asaad. Born in Makkah in 1937, Dr. M S Farsi qualified as an architect in Alexandria and returned to Saudi Arabia in the early 1960s. He entered government service in 1963 and rose rapidly. Just two years later he was appointed to the post of Planning Officer for the Western Region of Saudi Arabia. Covering an area larger than the United Kingdom and having within its boundaries the port city of Jeddah and the Holy Cities of Makkah and Medinah, this territory was in effect Saudi Arabia's window to the world and it was under Dr. Farsi's aegis that plans for these three cities were drawn up; given the immense significance of this work, Dr. Farsi liaised with the very highest levels of government. In 1972, Dr. Farsi became Mayor of Jeddah, a city that had grown from the historic walled city of his childhood to a large modern conurbation of more than 300,000 people. Until the middle of the following decade, Dr. Farsi presided over a period of spectacular and unprecedented growth for the city, which saw its population increase five-fold. That chaos was averted in the face of such a population explosion was due in no small part to Dr. Farsi's enlightened leadership. It is remarkable that in the midst of creating much-needed infrastructure, Dr. Farsi found time to create a city that was as beautiful as it was functional; with a carefully preserved historic center, gracious boulevards, and charming parks. A collector of Islamic and Western art, Dr. Farsi's vision as a city planner was to integrate important contemporary art into public spaces, thus enriching the lives of the inhabitants and reflecting the on-going cultural significance of the city, and his mayoralty is today remembered for its artistic flowering and for being at the forefront of design. Dr. Farsi made use of local artists and materials as well as commissioning works from many great Western masters, including Henry Moore, Victor Vasarely, Alexander Calder, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Joan Miró, Cesar Baldaccini, Sylvestre Monnier, Jean Arp, and Jacques Lipchitz, among many other stellar names in the international art world. He was the first mayor to introduce Western art and sculpture to an Arab city, as well as the first to display art that depicted the physical human form. At the time he stepped down, in 1986, Jeddah boasted over 400 pieces of public art. When he retired in 1986, Dr. Farsi returned to one of his primary passions - education. Within just one year he successfully qualified for his doctorate, attaining a Ph.D. from the University of Alexandria. (Source: Pressat).
1982Fine Fine English Original brown imitation leather bdg. Dust wrapper. In publisher's special slip-case. Folio. (31 x 26,5 cm). Texts in entirely English, bilingual title on the slipcase in English and Arabic. 143, [1] p., fully color and b/w photos. Signed and inscribed in Turkish by Cidde emini [i.e. The Lord Mayor of Jeddah] Mohamed Said Farsi, dated 8.5.1984 to Turkish architect Selim Sabuncuoglu as 'Sayin Selim Sabuncuoglu, en güzel temennilerimle Jedda'dan bir hatira. Jeddah emini, Sait Farisi'. Sealed "YÜTAS: Construction Production Industry and Trade Co.". Dr. Mohammed Said Farsi, (1937-2019), was a former Lord Mayor of Jeddah, and a man of such aesthetic integrity that he traveled the world to meet with sculptors, painters, and musicians before replanning the city according to his own meticulously constructed vision. (Source: The Rake). Dr. Farsi was a visionary civic leader and philanthropist who is widely considered to be the father of modern Jeddah. He presided over a five-fold increase in the city's population, led its transformation, including creating the famous Jeddah corniche - a unique public space and an open-air gallery. Dr. Farsi, a noted art lover, was also the first mayor to introduce Western art and sculpture to an Arab city. He is survived by his son Hani Farsi and former wife Naglaa Asaad. Born in Makkah in 1937, Dr. M S Farsi qualified as an architect in Alexandria and returned to Saudi Arabia in the early 1960s. He entered government service in 1963 and rose rapidly. Just two years later he was appointed to the post of Planning Officer for the Western Region of Saudi Arabia. Covering an area larger than the United Kingdom and having within its boundaries the port city of Jeddah and the Holy Cities of Makkah and Medinah, this territory was in effect Saudi Arabia's window to the world and it was under Dr. Farsi's aegis that plans for these three cities were drawn up; given the immense significance of this work, Dr. Farsi liaised with the very highest levels of government. In 1972, Dr. Farsi became Mayor of Jeddah, a city that had grown from the historic walled city of his childhood to a large modern conurbation of more than 300,000 people. Until the middle of the following decade, Dr. Farsi presided over a period of spectacular and unprecedented growth for the city, which saw its population increase five-fold. That chaos was averted in the face of such a population explosion was due in no small part to Dr. Farsi's enlightened leadership. It is remarkable that in the midst of creating much-needed infrastructure, Dr. Farsi found time to create a city that was as beautiful as it was functional; with a carefully preserved historic center, gracious boulevards, and charming parks. A collector of Islamic and Western art, Dr. Farsi's vision as a city planner was to integrate important contemporary art into public spaces, thus enriching the lives of the inhabitants and reflecting the on-going cultural significance of the city, and his mayoralty is today remembered for its artistic flowering and for being at the forefront of design. Dr. Farsi made use of local artists and materials as well as commissioning works from many great Western masters, including Henry Moore, Victor Vasarely, Alexander Calder, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Joan Miró, Cesar Baldaccini, Sylvestre Monnier, Jean Arp, and Jacques Lipchitz, among many other stellar names in the international art world. He was the first mayor to introduce Western art and sculpture to an Arab city, as well as the first to display art that depicted the physical human form. At the time he stepped down, in 1986, Jeddah boasted over 400 pieces of public art. When he retired in 1986, Dr. Farsi returned to one of his primary passions - education. Within just one year he successfully qualified for his doctorate, attaining a Ph.D. from the University of Alexandria. (Source: Pressat). Jeddah: 'Bride of the Red Sea'. This is a cosmopolitan city, ancient and modern hub, the unique seat of civilis[.]. R
1910Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original lithograph map with brown, white and blue tons. 81x57 cm. In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). All toponyms are in Ottoman Turkish and Arabic. Scale: 1:500,000. Shows Mediterranean shores on the north, Bahr-i Lût [i.e. the Dead Sea], Aqaba Bay, areas of Arabic tribes in very detail, in addition, special huge lands like 'Al-Hism Land'. Also, it shows holy places, antiquities, fortresses, rivers; and Turkish Sanjaks, Qazas, Nahiyes, Qariyes based on the Ottoman administrative system. Cartographer is not indicated, but, it's composed for military purposes in the last period of the Imperial Ottoman, especially for showing Arabian tribes spreading over vast areas in its period, just before World War 1 (date of the printing of this map), such as 'Houtat Tribe'. A very detailed and attractive map of Palestine and Quds area and their topography. Following the Muslim conquest of Palestine in 636-640, several Muslim ruling dynasties succeeded each other as they wrestled control of Palestine: the Rashiduns; the Umayyads, who built the Dome of the Rock and the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem; the Abbasids; the semi-independent Tulunids and the Ikhshidids; the Fatimids; and the Seljuks. In 1099, the Crusaders established the Kingdom of Jerusalem in Palestine, which the Ayyubid Sultanate conquered in 1187. The Crusaders failed to retake Palestine despite further attempts. The Egyptian Mamluks took Palestine from the Mongols (who had conquered the Ayyubid Sultanate) in 1260. The Ottomans captured Palestine in 1516 and ruled it until Egypt took it in 1832. Eight years later, the United Kingdom intervened and returned the region to the Ottomans. Considerable demographic changes happened during the 19th century and with the regional migrations of Druze, Circassians, and Bedouin tribes. The emergence of Zionism also brought many Jewish immigrants from Europe and the revival of the Hebrew language. Arabs in Palestine, both Christian and Muslim, settled and Bedouin, were historically split between the Qays and Yaman factions. These divisions had their origins in pre-Islamic tribal feuds between Northern Arabians (Qaysis) and Southern Arabians (Yamanis). The strife between the two tribal confederacies spread throughout the Arab world with their conquests, subsuming even uninvolved families so that the population of Palestine identified with one or the other. Their conflicts continued after the 8th-century Civil war in Palestine until the early 20th century and gave rise to differences in customs, tradition, and dialect which remain to this day. Beit Sahour was first settled in the 14th century by a handful of Christian and Muslim clans (hamula) from Wadi Musa in Jordan, the Christian Jaraisa and the Muslim Shaybat and Jubran, who came to work as shepherds for Bethlehem's Christian landowners, and they were subsequently joined by other Greek Orthodox immigrants from Egypt in the 17th-18th centuries. Due to the legacy of the Ottoman period, the ethnic origins of some rural and urban Palestinians are either Albanian, Circassian, or from other non-Arab populations.
1868Very Good English Original autograph letter signed (ALS) by Percy Smythe Strangford, (1825-1869), about Heinrich Julius Klaproth's manuscript, saying it was translated from a Russian book, "officially confided to him when at Turkestan in 1805 or thereabouts". 18x11,5 cm. In English. 30 lines in 2 p. Letterhead in Persian beneath a coronet, dated 19 November 1868. Heinrich Julius Klaproth, (1783-1835), was a German linguist, historian, ethnographer, author, orientalist, and explorer. As a scholar, he is credited along with Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat, with being instrumental in turning East Asian Studies into scientific disciplines with critical methods. Percy Ellen Algernon Frederick William Sydney Smythe, 8th Viscount Strangford, (1825-1869), was a British nobleman and man of letters. He was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, the son of the 6th Viscount Strangford, the British Ambassador, Ottoman Turkey, Sweden, and Portugal. During all his earlier years Percy Smythe was nearly blind, in consequence, it was believed, of his mother having suffered very great hardships on a journey up the Baltic Sea in wintry weather shortly before his birth. His education began at Harrow School, whence he went to Merton College, Oxford. He excelled as a linguist and was nominated by the vice-chancellor of Oxford in 1845 a student-attache at Constantinople. While at Constantinople, where he served under Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, Smythe gained a mastery not only of Turkish and its dialects but of almost every form of modern Greek, from the language of the literati of Athens to the least Hellenized Romaic. He had already a large knowledge both of Persian and Arabic before going east, but until his duties led him to study the past, present, and future of the sultan's empire he had given no attention to the tongues which he well described as those of the international rabble in and around the Balkan peninsula. On succeeding his brother as Viscount Strangford in 1857 he continued to live in Constantinople, immersed in cultural studies. At length, however, he returned to England and wrote a good deal, sometimes in the Saturday Review, sometimes in the Quarterly Review, and much in the Pall Mall Gazette. A rather severe review in the first of these organs of the Egyptian Sepulchres and Syrian Shrines of Emily Anne Beaufort (1826-1887) led to a result not very usual, the marriage of the reviewer and the author. Percy Smythe was president of the Royal Asiatic Society in 1861-64 and 1867-69.
2017New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Folio. (33 x 25 cm). In English. 461 p., color ills. Sacred covers of Islam's holy shrines with samples from Topkapi Palace. Contents: 1- The Hajj, 2- Royal families and the pilgrimage, 3- Covers sent to Mecca and Medina, 4- Surra processions and ceremonies, 5- Technical features, Catalogue. 3 kg. This is the expanded second edition of the 1996 title in Arabic Estar'ül Haremeyn-i Serifeyn.
1930Very Good Arabic Original blue cloth. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Arabic. [6], 362 p., many b/w photographic plates and map. Khalifa Mohammed Tillisi was a well-known Libyan historian, translator, and linguist. Tillisi was born in Tripoli, Italian Tripolitania (present-day Libya), on 9 May 1930, where he first became a teacher then entered politics. In 1952 he worked in the Libyan Parliament where he became its Secretary General in 1962. He reached the peak of his political career when he became a minister for information in the cabinets of Mahmud al-Muntasir and Hussein Maziq from 1964 to 1967, Libya's Ambassador to Morocco in 1967 - 1969. After the political change in Libya in 1969, he had been trialed by the Libyan People's Court, and sentenced to four years in prison. The sentence was suspended and was forced into early retirement at the age of 39. In 1974 he founded a Libyan - Tunisian publishing company ( Arabic book house). He was the first president of the Libyan Literature and Writers association in 1977 and was appointed the Secretary General of the Arabic Writers Association in 1978 and in 1981 he became the Secretary General of the Arabic Publishers Association. His past is well remembered among the Libyan people for his renowned contributions to literature and his relaxed kind-hearted nature. Only one copy in Department of Culture and Tourism Library Management Department - Dar Al Kutub in OCLC: 1158714466.
1964Fine 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.
1903Very Good Arabic Original wrappers in dark green cloth spine. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Arabic 40 p. First and Only Edition in book form of this work on synonyms in the Arabic language, printed for the Arabic universities as an early textbook in Bulaq Printing House. 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. Only three copies located in OCLC: 978241754.