ALI FUAD [ERDEN], (1883-1957).MareMagnum
1920Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original illustrated wrappers. Chipping on top edge and front cover. Occasional foxing on pages. Overall a good copy. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 15 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 103 p., b/w plates (19 unnumbered b/w plates and 1 map). First edition of this extremely rare first-hand and historically significant eyewitness account of the Syrian and the Suez Canal Operations during the Great War by an Ottoman soldier and statesman. Erden describes in this book his return to Istanbul after his military attaché duty in Paris and his departure to Damascus to join the 4th Army in Syria under the command of Cemal Pasha (1872-1922). He then discusses the Arab Revolt in Hejaz and its possible effects on the Ottoman Empire (The Arab Uprising was initiated by Sharif Hussein bin Ali in June 1916 during the Great War with the aim of creating an independent and united Arab state comprising of Aden in Yemen and Aleppo in Syria against the Imperial Ottoman). After disclosing his views and the actions of the army in the region, he goes on to describe Jerusalem, the Suez Canal, and the wars that took place there. Erden gave new information on the reasons and results of the Canal operation, the condition of the Turkish army along Palestine and Syria fronts, the relations among the Turkish staff, and the nature of the Arab revolt through his views and observations in Egypt, Palestine, and Syria fronts accumulated as he was Cemal Pasha's chief of staff. Erden was a Turkish soldier and war historian. After graduating from the Military Academy in 1903, he worked in the units and headquarters in Yemen, as the staff of the 3rd Corps in the Balkan War and as the Paris Military Attaché. During the Great War, he served as the Chief of Staff of the 4th Army within the entourage of Admiralty Minister Cemal Pasha in Syria. Özege 16174. Kursun p. 51.
1874Fine Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original quarter leather bdg. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 16 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 911 p., profusely illustrated with many color and b/w plates, one folded map. Slight marginal foxing and light tears on extremities. Heavy tears on the map, no missing pieces, it needs to be restored. Overall a good copy. Hegira: 1291 = Gregorian: 1874. First and only Turkish edition of this rare and attractively and profusely illustrated book including Schweinfurth's travel account of the African continent, from Central Africa to Egypt, printed in the last Imperial period of the Ottomans. Schweinfurth was a Baltic German botanist and ethnologist who explored East-Central Africa. He was born in Riga, Latvia, then part of the Russian Empire. He was educated at the universities of Heidelberg, Munich, and Berlin (1856-1862), where he particularly devoted himself to botany and paleontology. Commissioned to arrange the collections brought from Sudan by Adalbert von Barnim and Robert Hartmann, his attention was directed to that region, and in 1863 he traveled around the shores of the Red Sea, repeatedly traversed the district between that sea and the Nile, passed on to Khartoum, and returned to Europe in 1866. His researches attracted so much attention that in 1868 the Berlin-based Alexander von Humboldt Foundation entrusted him with an important scientific mission to the interior of East Africa. Starting from Khartoum in January 1869, he went up the White Nile to Bahr-el-Ghazal, and then, with a party of ivory dealers, through the regions inhabited by the Diur (Dyoor), Dinka, Bongo, and Niam-Niam; crossing the Congo-Nile watershed he entered the country of the Mangbetu (Monbuttu) and discovered the river Uele (March 19, 1870), which by its westward flow he knew was independent of the Nile. Schweinfurth formed the conclusion that it belonged to the Chad system, and it was several years before its connection with the Congo was demonstrated. The discovery of the Uele was Schweinfurth's greatest geographical achievement, though he did much to elucidate the hydrography of the Bahr-el-Ghazal system. Of greater importance were the very considerable additions he made to the knowledge of the inhabitants and of the flora and fauna of Central Africa. He described in detail the cannibalistic practices of the Mangbetu, and his discovery of the pygmy Aka people settled conclusively the question as to the existence of dwarf races in tropical Africa. Unfortunately, a December 1870 fire in his camp destroyed nearly all that he had collected. He returned to Khartoum in July 1871 and published an account of the expedition, under the title of Im Herzen von Afrika (Leipzig, 1874; English edition, The Heart of Africa, 1873, new ed. 1878). In 1873-1874 he accompanied Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs in his expedition into the Libyan Desert. Settling at Cairo in 1875, he founded a geographical society, under the auspices of the Khedive Ismail, and devoted himself almost exclusively to historical and ethnographic African studies. In 1876, he traveled into the Arabian Desert with Paul Güssfeldt, and continued his explorations therein at intervals until 1888, and during the same period made geological and botanical investigations in the Fayum, in the valley of the Nile. In 1889 he returned to Berlin; but he visited the Italian colony of Eritrea in 1891, 1892, and 1894. Schweinfurth died in Berlin. The accounts of all his travels and researches have appeared either in book or pamphlet form or in periodicals, such as Petermanns Mitteilungen, the Zeitschrift für Erdkunde. Among his works may be mentioned Artes Africanae; Illustrations and Descriptions of Productions of the Industrial Arts of Central African Tribes (1875). Özege 19040.
1938Very 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).
1896Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original wrappers. 16mo. (14,5 x 10,5 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 20 p. First and only edition of this extremely rare pamphlet includes the chapters of 'From Marseilles to Gabon' and 'From Libreville to Banguela' of Trivier's expeditions in Africa. First chapter includes Trivier's Mozambique travel by ship over the Strait of Gibraltar. In this chapter, Trivier described the purpose of his voyage as "After returning to France from my last trip in January 1890, I declared that many more places should be seen. I have written many articles about the necessity of looking for new ways to eliminate the fears and worries caused by McKinley tariffs that are harmed everywhere. As a nice result of this, the Paris City Council and the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce decided not to be dispatched to the hometown of Africans with an amount of money close to 11,000 francs.". In the second chapter, he describes Congo and other parts of Central Africa. French explorer Elisee Trivier followed in the footsteps of Scottish missionary David Livingstone in his attempt to explore the interior of Africa. Trivier's expedition traveled in 1889 up the Congo and across Africa to the island of Zanzibar on the eastern coast. Trivier is considered the first French explorer to have crossed Africa. Hegira: 1313 = Gregorian: 1896 Özege 21221.; Not in OCLC.
1996Fine Turkish Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 16 cm). In Turkish. [xxiv], 333 p., color and b/w ills. Signed and inscribed by Asan, to Izzet Gündag Kayaoglu, (1945-2003).
1884Very Good French Original map. Oblong Double Elephant Folio. (96x156 cm). In French. Scale: 1/1.500.000. With explanation of geographical terms in Greek, Turkish, Arabic and Persian; With overview sheet: Aperçu general de la division administrative des provinces asiatiques de l'Empire Ottoman. (Jaar: 2011 - Europeana Collections). French edition of Kiepert's huge map of the Imperial Ottoman territories. "Includes list of geographic terms in eastern languages and notes on administrative divisions. Includes notes on materials the cartographer used to put together the map". (See LC copy). Kiepert, (1818-1899), was born in Berlin. He traveled frequently as a youth with his family and documented his travels by drawing. His family was friends with Leopold von Ranke, who inspired Kiepert's creative endeavors. Kiepert was taught by August Meineke in school. Meineke influenced Kiepert's interest in classical antiquity. He attended Humboldt University of Berlin. He studied history, philology, and geography. He published his first geographical work, with Carl Ritter, in 1840, titled Atlas von Hellas und den hellenischen Kolonien. The atlas focused on ancient Greece. In 1848 his Historisch-geographischer Atlas der alten Welt was published. In 1854, his atlas, Atlas antiquus was released. It was translated into five languages. Neuer Handatlas über alle Teile der Erde was first published in 1855. In 1877 his Lehrbuch der alten Geographie was published, and in 1879 Leitfaden der alten Geographie, which was translated into English (A Manual of Ancient Geography, 1881) and into French. In 1894 he created the first part of a larger atlas of the ancient world titled Formae orbis antiqui. He traveled to Asia Minor four times between 1841 and 1848. He created two maps of the region, including Karte des osmanischen Reiches in Asien, in 1844. Kiepert taught geography at the University of Humboldt-Berlin starting in 1854. He taught at the university until his death. Akyol, article 536.; Dagtekin p. 22 (With detailed bibliography on Kiepert's maps). Rare. Preserved in a frame, will be sent without its frame. A wall map.
Very Good German Original color lithograph maps in 7 special cloth cases. Cases large 8vo., only seventh one is smaller which is covered by European marbling. Bookseller and bibliothek stamps on some maps, plans and sketches; and cases interior. A fine map collection. Contents: V.1: Includes 1 map, 2 plans and 5 skecthes, 1 uebersichtskarte. Uebersichtskarte für die Geschichte des Iten und IIten schlesisschen Krieges von 1740-1745. Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen. 1/740000. 73x81 cm.; Plan zur Erstürmung von Glogam am 9 Marz 1741 (Entworfen nach alten Planen). 1/6250 / 1/100000. 48x52 cm; Plan der Schlach bei Mollwitz am 10 April 1741. 1/25000. 43x59 cm.; (Skizze) Stellung der preussischen und oesterreichischen Truppenam, 3 Januar 1741. 1/740000. 30x30 cm.; Skizze zum Scharmützel bei Ellguth und zum Gefecht bei Ottomachall am 9. Januar 1741. 1/67500. 34x26 cm.; Skizze zu den Winterquartieren des preussen mit Stellung der Truppen am 20 Februar 1741. 1/740000. 46x52 cm.; Skizze zum Ueberfall bei Baumgarten am 27 Feb. 1741. 1/50000. 29x34 cm.; Marsch der oesterreichischen Armee unter F. M. Neipperg und der preussischen Truppen unter dem Könige von der Schlacht bei Mollwitz. 1/1480000. 36x42 cm.; [.] Standorte des preussischen Heeres bei Ausbruch des Krieges 1740. 1/2400000. 34x55 cm.; V.2: 12 pieces: 3 uebersichtskarten, 2 planen, 7 skizzen. ... von Europa im Jahre 1756. 1/18000000. 33x46 cm.; ... des südöstlichen Kriegsschauplatzes. 1/740000. 65x95 cm.; Standorte des preussischen uns sachsischen Heeres und Stellung des oestreichischen Truppen in Böhmen, Mahren, oestrç Schlesen und Erzth. oesterreich var Beginn des siebenjahrigen Krieges. 1/2200000. 56x72 cm.; Plan der Schlacht bei Lobositz am 1. Oktober 1756. Verlauf des Schlact bis etwa 12 Uhr Mittags. 1/25000. 47x60cm (Also includes Plan der 2ten Attacke des preussischen Kavallerie and Skizze des beiderseitigen Vormarsches am 30ten September 1756).; ... Weiterer Verlaufdes Schlact bis etwa 3 Uhr Nachtmittags. 1/25000. 47x60 cm.; Skizzen: 1. Vormarssch 28. 8 bis 10.9.56. 2.-3. Pirna 1.10.56. 4. Bewegungen Schwerins 56. 5. Pirna 10.10.56. 6. Pirna 12.10.56. 7. Pirna 13.10.56. V.3: 5 skizzen (No: 8-12) und 3 plannen (No: 3, 4-A, 4-B). Plan 4-A-4-B: Prag, 6.5.1757.; Plan 3: Reichenberg, 21.4.57. Skizze 8: Postrungen und Winterquartiere Dezember 56 (Huge size).; Versammlung der Heere, Marz und April 57.; Einmarsch bis 30.4.57.; Stellungen am 1.5.57.; Stellungen am 5.5.57. V.4: Karten 1,2,3,5 (4 is missing); skies 31,32; uebersichtskarte 5; Plan 12-B. ... des nordöstlischen Kriegsschauplatzes (Huge size).; Skizze 31: Heeresbewegungen vom 11.11.57 bs zum Einrücken in die Winterquartiere, Winter 1757-58.; (World War 1): Karte 1: Belgien und nordost-frankreich. Ostpreussen, polen, kurland, Weissrussland.; Galizien und Wolkynien.; Kleinasien , Schweizes Meer, Kaukasien, Kurdistan, Armenien, Aserbeidschan, Arabier, Mittellandisches Meer: Vordasien map. V.5: Sizzen 20-24 - Planen 6-A, 6-B - 9. Planen: Gr. Jagersdorf, 30.8.57.; Jager b. Goerlitz, 31.8.-9.9.57. Moys, 7.9.57.; Breslau, 22.11.57.; Schweidnitz, 24.10-12.11.57.; Skizze 20: Feldzung in ostpreussen Vormarsch des russischen Heeres bis 6.7.57.; 21: Heeresbewegungen vom 6.7.57 bis zur Schlact bei Gr. Jagersdorf. 22: ... nach der Schlact bei Gr.-Jagersdorf bis zum Schluss.; 23: Bewegungen i. d. Lausitz u. i. Schleisen, 20.8.-30.11.57.; 24: Lager bei Liegnitz, 19.-27.9.57. V.6: Plan 5-A, 5-B - Skizzen no: 13-19. Plans: Kolin, 18.6.57.; Kolin, 18.6.57.; Skizzen 13: Beiderseitige Stellungen 8.5.57.; 14: Operationen Beverns u. d. Königs gegen Daun 10.5.-17.6.57.; Bewegungen vom 20.6.-1.7.57. Stellungen vom 1.7.57.; Rechten Elbufer in der ersten Halfte des Juli 1757.; ... vor Zittau, 12.-20.8.57. V.7: 4 plans in cloth covered with European marbling. These last 4 plans from "Suworow und Polens untergang. Nach archivalischen Quellen dargestellt" von Friedrich von Smitt, 1858 First Edition. Pl. 1: Der Schlact am Rymnik den 11/22 Septeember 1789. Pl. 2: ... der
2006New New English Original cloth bdg. Dust wrapper. Oblong folio. (33 x 47 cm). In English and Turkish. Full page color and b/w ills. 239, [1] p. "Carl Gustaf Löwenhielm (1790-1838) served as Sweden's ambassador to the Sublime Port between 1824 and 1827. Traveling throughout the Ottoman Empire, he produced about 250 paintings, covering a wide range of themes. This book presents about half of Löwenhielm's pictures, some selected from five sketch books, which are kept in the Uppsala University Library. Paintings kept in the Stockholm Museum of Fine Arts as well as in private collection are also included. Each picture is accompanied with written comments highlighting their documentary as well as artistic value. Through these almost two hundred years old pictures from the Ottoman Empire, now presented for the first time, the reader can catch a unique glimpse of "Turkey, as it was".".Contents: C. G. Löwenhielm: Officer, diplomat and artist.; Voyages of long ago: A Swedish diplomat's Turkish portfolio of drawings.; This diplomats 'par excellence.'; Reflections of the Past Turkey in the 1820's. List of ills.: Pera - The Swedish Embassy.; View of Topkapi Palace from the top floor of the Swedish Embassy.; Janissary Halil.; Ruins of the Russian Palace as seen from a window of the Swedish Embassy in Pera.; The French Embassy - Pera, 1825.; Pera (Beyoglu); Petit champs de morts (Tepebasi); The barracks of the artillery corps as seen from San Dimitri; Galata Tower; Tophane Mosque and Fountain; Pearl Kiosk; The ruins of Etmeydani 1826; The Palace of Belisarius etc.
1906Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original wrappers. Foolscap 8vo. (17 x 12 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 152 p. Roumi: 1324 = Gregorian: 1906. Taken from a volume including multiple books. Spine is restored. A very good copy. First and only edition of this early and extensively rare book including a first-hand account of the topography and descriptions of Hejaz, Mecca, and other parts of Arabian Peninsula such as Taif and Yemen by Sadiq Sherif, who was the first person to take photographs of Mecca, Medina, and the Hajj in 1880 and 1881 as well. Sadiq Sherif was the grandson of Serif Abdulmuttalib, the Emîr of Mecca. This book written by Sherif was dedicated to 'the Progress and Union Society' [i.e. Ittihad ve Terakki Cemiyeti]. The book describes the way of administration and territorial division of Hejaz after giving some information of its geography, borders, tribes and natives, mountains, rivers, crops and products, and animals of this Ottoman 'vilâyat' [i.e. province]. Sherif gives detailed information on how and when the Ottoman Empire ruled Hejaz, the location of Mecca city, its borders, physical and social geography, crops in Mecca and around, its flora, fauna, demographic structure, 'nahiyes', Kâba's construction, and its history, sacred places around, Masjid-i Haram and other masjids, cemeteries, mountains, gifts by Ottoman caliphs to Kaba, 'Taif' area, people who were 'Emîr' of Mecca from the period of Mohammad, Wahhabism and its birth, etc. At the last, Sherif gives place to his personal letter (layihâ) including 49 articles. The letter was about the reforms that Hejaz needs and it was sent to the Ottoman 'sadâret' [i.e. prime ministry]. (Source: History of geographical literature during the Ottoman Empire, Edited by Ihsanoglu). Muhammad Sadiq Sherif Bey was the first person to take photographs of Mecca, Medina, and the Hajj in 1880 and 1881. Sadiq Bey trained as a military engineer after completing his studies in Cairo and at the École Polytechnique in Paris. It is not known when, or from whom, Sadiq Bey learned to take photographs but it was most probably through one of the resident photographers in Egypt. In 1861, prompted by the need to carry out more extensive military land surveys of the area between Wajh and Medina, Sadiq Bey made his first journey to Arabia. He took a camera along with his surveying equipment and took his very first photographs of Medina. In a series of articles published in the Egyptian Military Gazette in 1877, he refers to his early photography at Medina describing the use of a 'photographia'. Sadly, however, none of the photographs from this first journey has survived. In 1880 he was appointed as the treasurer of the Mahmal, the ornate cloth to cover the Ka'ba brought each year on a special litter to Mecca. He accompanied the Mahmal to Medina and Mecca from September 1880 until January 1881. Again equipped with his camera, he succeeded in producing the series of photographs that are now considered some of the earliest known photographs of the region, those of the Ka'ba, taken under great secrecy. Sadiq Bey published various accounts of his travels in Arabia in military journals, through the Emiry Grand Press in Cairo, but the 1880/81 series of photographs appear to have been issued separately for wider distribution through the Société Khédiviale de Géographie. The society's secretary, Dr. Frederic Bonola, advertised sets of photographs for sale. In January and April 1880 Sadiq Bey gave a talk and report to the society on his earlier 1861 expedition, and on 20 May 1881 he presented a report on his recent journey to Mecca; detailed accounts were published in the society's bulletins, numbers 9/10 and 12. (Source: Christie's). Özege 11888.; Karatay, TM II: 695.; MKAHTBK, II: 991.; OCLC 248374684 / 4082352.
2020New English Original grey cloth bdg. Onlaid b/w photograph on board. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 16 cm). In English and Turkish. 128 p., color and b/w ills. Print run 300 copies, limited and numbered edition. This copy is: 274/300. In addition to the original photographs and negatives in the Ayten & I. Sazi Sirel Collection, this book includes a detailed review on the subject by art historian Dr. Necmi Sönmez.
1980Fine English Original brown bdg. Demy 8vo. (22 x 14 cm). In English. [xLiv], 152 p. Historical dictionary of Morocco (African Historical Dictionaries, No. 24).
1830Very Good Arabic Original manuscript without binding. 12mo. (16 x 11 cm). In Arabic. [40] p., drawings, and tables. Marginal texts additionally. A linear wormhole on the bottom from beginning to the end, the thread in the spine is broken hence two separate parts. Otherwise a good copy. Rare manuscript compiled from works related to astronomical instruments written by probably Sibtu'l-Mardînî, copied anonymously in the early 19th century on the paper with 'ahar' with four marginal drawings and tables. The copier of this manuscript is not described. An 'Ebced' notes on the last blank page. The manuscript starts with a calendar in the Islamic system which is prepared with red and black inks and annotated info around the table. The first part includes how to use an almucantar, directions on the sphere, location of the stars in the sky. On the last two pages, the author describes the preparation of an almucantar. The second part is titled "Hadhâ risâle-i cenûb tarafi" [i.e. Tractate on the South direction], and the third and last part titled " Hadhâ risâle-i cenûb taraf, Hadha mukharrar latashich al-shaat fî taraf al-cayb min al-rub'u' mu'âl-ihtizâr", includes some 'sinus mathematics' with two impressive tables on the opposite page. Sibt al-Maridini, the full name Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ghazal (1423-1493), was an Egyptian-born astronomer and mathematician. His father came from Damascus. The word "Sibt al-Maridini" means "the son of Al-Mardini's daughter". His maternal grandfather, Abdullah al-Mardini, was a reputed astronomer of the eighth century AH. He was a disciple of the astronomer Ibn al-Majdi (d. 850/1506). Sibt al-Mardini taught mathematics and astronomy in the Great Mosque of al-Azhar, Cairo. He was also a timekeeper (muwaqqit) of the mosque. He wrote no fewer than fifty treatises in astronomy (sine quadrants, sundials, astronomical tables, and prayer times) and wrote at least twenty-three mathematics textbooks. Al-Sakhawy counted two hundred books that were written by Sibt al-Mardini, on Islamic law, astronomy, and mathematics. Libraries that specialize in ancient manuscripts, all over the world, have transcripts of his works. Sibt al-Mardini's declared that "the opinion of the muezzins (those who call people to prayer) is less correct than that of the legal scholars and it is the latter that should be used as the basis for the determination of prayer time". (Wikipedia). Sib? al-Maridini was a prolific author of astronomical texts, which were still being used and studied into the 19th century. Little is known with certainty about his life. It is thought that he grew up in Damascus, where his maternal grandfather, Abd Allâh ibn Khalîl ibn Yûsuf Jamâl al-Dîn al-Mâridînî (died: 1406), was the muwaqqit (timekeeper) in charge of regulating the daily rituals of the Islamic community) of the Umayyad Mosque. Later he traveled to Cairo, where tradition places him as a student of Ibn al-Majdî. Sib? al-Mâridînî wrote extensively on mathematics and mathematical astronomy. Like his grandfather, he was especially interested in astronomical instruments. The bio-bibliographical sources list some 25 treatises, many of which exist today in multiple copies. According to the historian al-Jabarti (died: 1822), Sib? al-Mâridînî's works on mîqât (ritual timekeeping) and astronomical instruments were still being studied in the curriculum of Cairo's al-Azhar, one of the preeminent educational institutions in the Islamic world, at about the beginning of the 19th century. (Biographical encyclopedia of astronomers, 2007).
1910Very 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.
1910Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original illustrated wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 13 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 220, [2] p., 41 unnumbered plates (incl. 68 b/w photos), and 3 maps. Pages are partly untrimmed and uncut. Slight stains on cover and wear at spine. Overall a good copy. Roumi: 1326 = Hegira: 1327 = Gregorian: 1910. First and only edition of this extremely rare book, including a historically significant eyewitness account of Cami Baykurt, who was an Ottoman officer during the Tripoli War (1911-1912), describing the flora, and the fauna in the Sahara desert and around Libya; the Bedouins and their customs with their social life, their culinary culture and their special drinks in his book during his travels to the south of Libya, to the Fezzan region, to participate in the Ottoman military operations at the fortress of Ghat, serving as a commander and governor. This book was prepared to present Tripoli, located in the Libyan lands today, Fezzan in the south, and the desert roads in between to the Ottoman court as well as the intelligentsia. Baykurt was a Turkish politician and soldier who served as deputy of the first period of the Turkish Republican Parliament. He was the first minister of Turkish foreign affairs in the Republican period. He had participated as an officer in the Battle of Tripoli back in the day. The provinces of Tripoli and Fezzan were accepted as destinations of exile in the last period of the Ottoman Empire. The province of Tripoli, the last center of a few Ottoman sanjaks, had been the granary of ancient Rome in the past with its large villages. Özege 21177.; Kursun p. 294.; Not in ATYB I (Askeri Tarih Yayinlari Bibliyografyasi).; OCLC 165148162 (with some misread and misspelled words; Kursun mentioned in his bibliography those misread words, especially 'Kazan mebusu -deputy of Kazan- instead of a deputy of Fizan about his title in some catalogs like OCLC. Kursun has a short but useful biography of Câmî).
2010New Turkish Original bdg. HC. in special black cloth. Folio. (38 x 30 cm). In Turkish. 142, [1] p., color and b/w ills. + Album in 47 leaves. Count Amadeo Preziosi. An artist's journey from Istanbul to London 1855.: Preziosi was an Orientalist painter who was passionately in love with the Bosphorus and worked in watercolour and pen and ink. Amadeo Preziosi's paintings were exhibited in Paris and London in 1858, 1863 and 1867. For some years he was court painter to Sultan Abdul Hamid II, and today examples can be seen in the Istanbul Museum of Painting and Sculpture, Topkapi Palace, the Naval Museum and several private collections.
1996New English Paperback. Folio. (32 x 23 cm). In English and Turkish. 32 p., fully color photos. One of 500 copies. This book is published on the occasion of Sakir Eczacibasi Photography Exhibition held between May 29 - June 22, 1996 at Milli Reasürans Art Gallery. Sair Sakir = Sakirotype, Talat Halman.; Catalogue including 30 color photographs.; Özgeçmis = Biography.
1996New New Italian Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (30 x 22,5 cm). In Italian and Turkish. 255 p., color ills. "Looking eastward: the world of Islam in Italian graphic arts from the Neoclassic period to the early twentieth century", exhibition catalogue of an exhibition held at the Italian Cultural Institute of Istanbul.
1994New Italian Paperback. 4to. (30 x 21 cm). In Italian, English and Turkish. 51 p., color and b/w ills. The exhibition of works by the Venetian artist Gianmaria Potenza at the Museum for Turkish and Islamic Art is the outcome of an art that establishes relations. Potenza comes from Venice, a city doomed to bear the burden of international tourism. He is an artist who clearly opposes the modern lack of time and the continuous impoverishment of human relations. The conservation of the historical context and a unique culture undoubtedly brings benefits for the economics of tourism. But clearly Venice must not be conserved for the purposes of tourism alone. The physical and cultural context of the city assumes greater importance with every passing day and especially for artists like Potenza, who have made such an important cultural contribution. Potenza removes cultural values from the vicious circle of economics as he continually strives towards a visual and spiritual discourse, people must take time to comprehend how tradition may still be identified in the contemporary. Potenza is not only the keeper of a tradition, he is a keeper of time itself. The picto-sculptures at the Turkish Islamic Museum are just one series from his rich creative outpourings. The works consists of an almost infinite number of interconnected small black wooden cylinders and cubes creating a definite textures.
2022New English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 205 p. PREFACE by Claudio Monge. PART ONE. STATUS: LEGALITY AND CONFLICT 1. "I shall not take their churches and turn them into mosques": The Legal Status of Catholic Churches in Ottoman Galata as Prescribed by the 'Ahdnames. Radu Dipratu 2. An Endless Housing Dispute: Catholic - Muslim Conflict around the Yeni Valide and Arab Mosques in Galata, (1693-1713).Kenan Yildiz PART TWO. PEOPLE: IDENTITY, REPRESENTATION AND RELATIONS. 3. From Master to Minority: the Genoese of Pera-Galata across the Byzantine-Ottoman Boundary. Padraic Rohan 4. The Latin Vekil and the Vartaliti Family: Local Representation, Intermediary Work and Family Interests in Ottoman Istanbul (1844-1923). Gabriel Doyle. 5. Patriarch Maksimus Ma?lum's Reverse Missionary Entreprise during the Tanzimat Period: Bringing the Greek Catholics back into the Greek Rite. Anaïs Massot PART THREE. CHURCHES: FOUNDATION AND TRANSFORMATION 6. Latin, Armenian, Ottoman: Shared Space and Material Culture in the Catholic Churches of Pera and GalataPaolo Girardelli7. Notre-Dame Du Rosaire: Insights into the Construction and Contestations of the First Dominican Church of the post-Tanzimat Period. Vanessa R. de Obaldía PART FOUR. EDUCATION: NATIONALISM AND MISSION8. Italian Latin Catholics in late Ottoman Istanbul: Transnational Culture and National Education. Francesco Pongiluppi 9. The Inception and Development of the Educational Activities of the Salesian Congregation in Istanbul during the late Ottoman Period. Bugra Poyraz. CONTRIBUTORS' BIOGRAPHIES.
2022New English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 163 p. Introduction 1. "Who or which or where or what is Yunus Emre?" in Johannes Zimmermann, Christoph Herzog, Raoul Motika (eds.), Osmanische Welten: Quellen und Fallstudien. Festschrift für Michael Ursinus, University of Bamberg Press (2016), 313-334. 2. "The transfer of military technology and tactics between Western Europe and the Ottoman Empire, c.1450-c1600", Turcica 51, (2020), 9-36. 3. "Khâyir Beg: a Bad Man but a Good Thing", Journal of Turkish Studies, 40 (2013), 169-188. 4. "A note on opposition to Ottoman rule in Egypt", Turcica, vol. 47 (2016), 407-410. 5. "Unravelling Muslim Jurisprudence", public lecture in the series Intellectual Life in the Islamic World: Past and Present, Manchester Metropolitan University (2012). 6."How Islamic was Ottoman law?" in ISAM Konusmalari: Osmanli Düsüncesi . Ahlak . Hukuk . Felsefe-Kelam / ISAM Papers: Ottoman Thought . Ethics . Law . Philosophy-Kalâm, Istanbul: ISAM Yayincilik (2014), 77-90. 7. "Eleven Fetvas of the Ottoman Seyhülislâm Abdürrahim", in Muhammad Khalid Masud, Brinkley Messick, David Powers (eds.), Islamic Legal Interpretation: muftis and their fatwas, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard UP (1996), 141-149. 8. "Law and legislation under Süleyman I" in Pál Fodor (ed.), The Battle for Central Europe:The Siege of Szigetvár and the Death of Süleyman the Magnificent and Nicholas Zrínyi (1566), Leiden: Brill (2019), 93-114. 9. "Ottoman propaganda against the kizilbas: Sari Görez, Ebû's-su'ûd and Celâlzâde", in Robert Gleave and István Kristó-Nagy, Legitimate and Illegitimate Violence in Islamic Thought, Edinburgh University Press (2018), 204-214. 10. Fact and fantasy: Venetian reports on the anti-Ottoman rebellion in Syria, 1520-1521', in Sebastian Kolditz and Markus Koller (eds.) in La Transizione bizantino-ottomano nelle chronache veneziane, Venice: Centro Tedesco di Studi Veneziani (2018), 207-218. 11. "After Mohács: how news from Hungary reached Venice", Serefe. Studies in Honour of Professsor Géza Dávid (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest), 2019, 105-126.
2022New French Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In French. 396 p. CITATIONS, REMERCIEMENTS, INTRODUCTION PREMIERE PARTIE LES RELATIONS ANGLO-TURQUES (I) LES RELATIONS ANGLO-TURQUES AVANT LA DEUXIÈME GUERRE MONDIALE Section I: La reprise des relations anglo-turques1. Les ambassadeurs 2. La partie de poker et la visite du roi Édouard VIII 3. La mort d'Atatürk: Inönü devient Président de la République; les relations prennent de l'ampleur 4. L'entente anglo-turque du12 mai1939 Section II: Les relations franco-turques et l'affaire du Sandjak d'Alexandrette1. Le Sandjak d'Alexandrette se rattache à la Turquie 2. L'entente franco-turque du 23 juin1939 (II) LES RELATIONS ANGLO-TURQUES PENDANT LA DEUXIÈME GUERRE MONDIALE Section I: L'alliance anglo-franco-turque1. L'accord germano-soviétique 2. Signature du traité tripartite: le désir d'Atatürk est enfin réalisé Section II: La Turquie non-belligérante1. La Turquie refuse d'entrer en guerre 2. Mobilisation générale en Turquie 3. La Turquie se déclare prête à résister à toute attaque étrangère 4. Les discussions Saraçoglu-Papen 5. Le pacte de non-agression germano-turc 6. La Turquie face à l'attaque allemande de l'URSS 7. Jacques Benoist-Méchin, émissaire de l'Axe Section III: L'accord germano-turc1. Les Allemands et les Turcs signent un accord économique 2. Les entretiens avec le Dr. Clodius Section IV: Les difficultés turques1.1942: la Turquie face à la crise 2. Un ambassadeur pro-britannique à Londres 3. Le traité anglo-soviétique: la Turquie 'n'est pas' et 'ne sera pas' abandonnée Section V: Une neutralité 'active'1. La nouvelle politique turque 2. Le chrome et les relations anglo-turques 3. Vers une politique franche Section VI: La Conférence 'secrète' d'Adana et les 'Pensées Matinales'1. Adana, ville secrète 2. L'amitié anglo-turque sort renforcée des pourparlers secrets d'Adana 3. Malentendu anglo-turc à Adana et l'amitié turco-soviétique Section VII: L'opération Hardihood et le traité de Casablanca 1. L'Opération Hardihood 2. Le Traité de Casablanca Section VIII: L'aide secrète turque aux Alliés1. La politique de neutralité turque et les doléances britanniques 2. La Conférence de Québec et les raisons de la neutralité turque 3. La Turquie accepte d'aider les Alliés Section IX: La Conférence de Moscou et les difficultes anglo-turques1. La neutralité turque déplait au gouvernement soviétique 2. L'alliance anglo-franco-turque et les bienfaits de la neutralité turque Section X: Les rencontres anglo-turques au Caire1. La Turquie reste dans la zone d'influence britannique 2. La Turquie accepte le principe d'entrer en guerre 3. La Deuxième Conférence du Caire: la Turquie accepte une belligérance de principe Section XI: Stagnation et impasse1. Les pourparlers militaires anglo-turcs: c'est la stagnation 2. Échec des pourparlers militaires anglo-turcs: c'est l'impasse 3. Malaise et méfiance alliée 4. La logique de l'attitude turque Section XII: L'affaire Cicéron l. Elyesa Bazna, alias Cicéron, veut servir lcs Allemands 2. Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen et ses erreurs 3. L'Opération Overlord 4. Confirmation britannique et méfiance allemande 5. Manipulation, négligence ou manque de professionnalisme? Section XIII: La période d'animosité1. Avertissements britanniques et réactions turques 2. Inönü reçoit l'ambassadeur de Vichy à Ankara 3. La rupture militaire anglo-turque fait réfléchir le Foreign OfficeSection XIV: 'Chrome Sweet Chrome'1. L'importance du chrome domine la scène politique et économique 2. Le navire turc S/S Krom et le caïque Ankara coulés par un sous-marin britannique 3. La Turquie accepte de suspendre ses livraisons de chrome à destination de l'Allemagne 4. Protestation allemande au sujet du chrome 5. 'Geste significatif' . 'Geste magnifique' Section XV: L'affaire Menemencioglu1. Les navires allemands en mer Noire violent la convention de Montreux 2. Numan Menemencioglu démissionne: satisfaction britannique Section XVI La Turquie rompt avec l'Allemagne et le Japon1. Les Britanniques repr
1871Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original cloth bdg. with marbled boards. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 13,5 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 176, [1] p. Lithographed edition. Extremely rare first and only edition of this guide to the distances and meridian calculations of some cities from Batumi located on the shores of Black Sea, Europe until Great Britain, Asia, and Africa shores, prepared for Turkish naval officers, mariners, and vessels, describing the shores of the countries located on these routes. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Ibrahim Edhem Pasha was an Ottoman statesman, who held the office of Grand Vizier at the beginning of Abdul Hamid II's reign between 5 February 1877 and 11 January 1878. He resigned from that post after the Ottoman chances of winning the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) had decreased. He furthermore served in numerous administrative positions in the Ottoman Empire including minister of foreign affairs in 1856, then ambassador to Berlin in 1876, and to Vienna from 1879 to 1882. He also served as a military engineer and as Minister of Interior from 1883 to 1885. In 1876-1877, he represented the Ottoman Government at the Constantinople Conference. He was born in Chios of Greek ancestry, in a Christian Greek Orthodox village on the island of Chios. Strangely, his connection to Chios is not well-documented: his son Osman Hamdi Bey claimed that he was a member of the Scaramanga family, but Edhem Pasha himself tried to efface his Greek connections. As a young boy in 1822, he was orphaned and captured by Ottoman soldiers during the massacre of the Greek population of Chios. He was sold into slavery, brought to Constantinople, and adopted by the (later) grand vizier Hüsrev Pasha. Lacking his own children and family, Hüsrev Pasha raised about ten children who had been orphaned or bought as slaves, many of whom ascended to important positions. The child, now named Ibrahim Edhem, quickly distinguished himself with his intelligence and after having attended schools in the Ottoman Empire, he was dispatched along with a number of his peers, and under the supervision of his father, then grand vizier, and of the sultan Mahmud II himself, to Paris to pursue his studies under state scholarship. There he returned with a Bachelor of Arts and was one of the top pupils at the École des Mines. He was a classmate and a friend of Louis Pasteur. He thus became Turkey's first mining engineer in the modern sense, and he started his career in this field. Edhem Pasha was the father of Osman Hamdi Bey, a well-known archaeologist, and painter, as well as the founder of the Istanbul Archaeology Museum and the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. Another son, Halil Edhem Eldem took up the archaeology museum after Osman Hamdi Bey's death and has been a deputy for ten years under the newly founded Turkish Republic. Yet another son, Ismail Galib Bey, is considered the founder of numismatics as a scientific discipline in Turkey. Later generations of the family also produced illustrious names. The architect Sedat Hakki Eldem, a cousin, is one of the pillars of the search for modern architectural styles adopted by the Republic of Turkey (called the Republican style in the Turkish context) in its early years and which marks many important buildings dating from the period of the 1920s and the 1930s. A great-grandson, Burak Eldem, is a writer while another, Edhem Eldem, is a renowned historian. More names include Erol Eldem, Tiana Eldem, Levent Eldem, and Ercan Eldem, an architect. (Source: Wikipedia). Özege 4522.; Only one copy in OCLC: 162837008 (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek).
1875Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original wrappers. Foolscap 8vo. (18 x 13 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 112 p. On the first page, written 'copies without seals are fake', and this copy is with a seal. Slightly faded and chipped on extremities. Foxing on first pages. Uncut marginal extremities Otherwise a good copy. Exceedingly rare first edition of the first Ottoman voyage to Cape of Good Hope and first-hand travel account of the Ottoman qadi Abubakr Effendi (1814-1880) of South Africa and Mozambique, who was sent in 1862 by Sultan Abdulaziz at the British Queen Victoria's request in order to teach and assist the Muslim community of the Cape Malays. The presence of the Muslim population in South Africa dates back to the 16th century, South Africa and the Cape of Hope have become a colony of Western countries such as Portugal, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The Ottoman Empire was interested in the Far East, Javanese, and South African regions in the 16th century and then tried to establish a relationship. The direct relationship between the Ottoman Empire and South Africa in the 19th century, upon the request of the Muslim people and England, was formed through Abubakr Effendi. The Muslims in conflict with various religious issues have found the remedy by consulting a scholar from the Ottoman Empire through England. After all, Abubakr Effendi reached Cape Town in 1862 and tried to resolve the conflicts among the Muslim people. (Abubakr Effendi: An Ottoman Scholar in South Africa in the Nineteenth Century: Yilmaz, Yusuf). "Abubakr Efendi was sent to Cape Town by Ottoman Sultan Abdulaziz. When chaos reigned in the Islamic society because of the imams who declared themselves as leaders in the region, Muslim leaders in Cape of Good Hope conveyed their letters to the Queen of England in 1862 declaring that they needed a religious leader. Since they had not been educated for years, they had forgotten their Java language and could not read their own books. They sent a letter to the Queen of England, informing them that help could be sought from the Ottoman court, the center of Muslim countries in the period. The issue was refused in the Parliament and the Ottoman Ambassador Musurus Pasha was offered it to the Ottoman Sultan. Abubakr Effendi's mission was to prevent Muslims in Cape of Good Hope to clash with each other and teaching them authentic Islamic knowledge free of superstition. Although Abubakr Efendi had some Arabic translators in his service, he still learned English and African languages in a short time and wrote books in order to benefit the Muslims there. On the fifteenth day he set foot on the continent, he opened a madrasah called the "Ottoman School" and enrolled three hundred students in twenty days. He traveled to Mauritius and Mozambique. He wrote his famous book 'Bayan al-Din' (a sort of catechism) in Afrikaan in Arabic letters. Then he married Rukiye Hanim, but they divorced after a while since they had to communicate by using an English and Arabic dictionary. Then he married James Cook's nephew Tahota Saban Cook. In his memoir, Ömer Lütfi wrote down all the travels of Abubakr Efendi for two years. Abubakr Efendi stayed in South Africa for 22 years and died there." (140 yillik miras: Güney Afrika'da Osmanlilar: Uçar, Ahmet). Abubakr Efendi first traveled to London and then to South Africa by a ship with his assistant Omar Lutfi. He established the first Ottoman School in Cape Town and then wrote his work Bayan Al-Din in Afrikaans with Arabic letters and distributed it to the Muslim population of South Africa. Four printed copies in OCLC: 427674106 (Three copies); 635151131 (One copy). Özege 22397. First Edition. Extremely rare.
1875Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original quarter black leather. Ottoman title-lettered gilt on the spine with decorative elements in compartments. Demy 8vo. (22 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 459 p., 32 woodcut plates with tissue papers and a folding color map of Khiva calligraphed by Mehmed Vasfi. AH 1292 = Gregorian: 1875. Extremely rare first Turkish edition of this richly illustrated eye-witness travel account of the 1873 Russo-Khivan war and the fall of the Khivan Khanate, by the American war correspondent MacGahan (1844-1878), which was first published in New York in 1874 as "Campaigning on the Oxus and the fall of Khiva", translated by Ahmed Sükrü (?-1876-77) who was the first Postmaster General. After a daring journey through the Kyzil Kum desert, McGahan joined von Kaufmann's army on the banks of the Amu-Darya, shortly before the fall of Khiva. Interesting and lively report with a description of Kazakh- (systematically called "Kirghiz", following the confusing habit of Russian historians) and Yomud Turkmen nomads, as well as of the settled Uzbek, Sart - and enslaved Persians of the Khanate. Probably one of the most complete and objective descriptions of the fall of the Khivan Khanate to three Russian columns which reach it from North and from East, after difficulties due to the climate and the huge distances. The young American makes many friends with Russian officers and gets a lot of information directly from the horse's mouth. There is also a well-documented report about previous Russian attempts to conquer Khiva, which all turned into disasters. The rather civilized behavior of the Russian army with the vanquished Khivans contrasts very much with their cruel and unfair treatment of the brave Yomud nomads, who offer only serious military opposition despite their heavy losses. The Khivan oasis is described as being very fertile and outstandingly well-cultivated. While Mac Gahan is impressed by the beautiful gardens and orchards of the Khanate, he is disappointed by the city of Khiva, the capital, the main residence of its ruler, and the second largest city of the Khanate. Even the Khan's palace (in which he is allowed to spend a few days by the Russian authorities) is disappointing. He visits the treasury room of the palace, in which the fleeing Khan left most of his possessions. He also left his whole harem behind, in his precipitous escape. The text is illustrated with numerous engravings from original designs and paintings by artists (and Russian officers), like Vereschagin and Feodoroff, and enriched with a great number of anecdotes. MacGahan was an American journalist and war correspondent working for the New York Herald and the London Daily News. His articles describing the massacre of Bulgarian civilians by Turkish soldiers and irregular volunteers in 1876 created public outrage in Europe and were a major factor in preventing Britain from supporting Turkey in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, which led to Bulgaria gaining independence from the Ottoman Empire. He learned in 1873 that Russia was planning to invade the khanate of Khiva, in Central Asia. Defying a Russian ban on foreign correspondents, he crossed the Kyzyl-Kum desert on horseback and witnessed the surrender of the city of Khiva to the Russian Army. There he met a Russian Lieutenant Colonel, Mikhail Skobelev, who later became famous as a Russian commander during the Russian-Turkish War of 1877-78. In 1874 he spent ten months in Spain, covering the Third Carlist War. In 1875, he voyaged with British explorer Sir Allan William Young on his steam yacht HMS Pandora on an expedition to try to find the Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The expedition got as far as Peel Sound in the Canadian Arctic before it met pack ice and was forced to return. OCLC 1014870496.; Özege 7682.; Atabey 744 (Ed. in English).
1942Very Good Turkish Original wrappers. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 15,5 cm). In Turkish. 117 p. Uncommon enlarged second edition of this account of the Russo-Japanese War in 1905 describing rising Japanese nationalism at the beginning of the 20th century, by Demirhan (1871-1964), sent with reference of Goltz Pasha (Colmar von der Goltz, 1843-1916) to Manchuria to observe the war in the ranks of the Japanese army as a Turkish colonel. He stayed for two months in Japan and more than a year in Manchuria. In addition to writing down his observations in the field of war in detail, he also took on the duty of ambassador due to the Ottoman Empire's lack of diplomatic relations with Japan and contributed to the development of relations between the two countries. He received a medal from the Japanese Emperor Meiji and returned home with the gifts that Emperor Meiji presented to Sultan Abdulhamid. His account was published first in 1937 in book form. Sait Pertev Demirhan, (1871-1964), was a Turkish soldier and politician. He is a graduate of Erkân-i Harbiye. He was an author, intellectual, Erkân-i Harbiye School teacher, 6. Army chief of staff, Harbiye Undersecretariat, 3rd Army Chief of Staff, 1st Corps, and 4. Corps Commands, Military Schools Inspector, Member of History and Geography Councils, Member of Military Appeals Court, a deputy of Erzurum. He was the son of Yanyali Mustafa Pasha. He graduated from Harbiye as a staff captain (1892). In 1894 he was sent to Germany to advance his military education. After being a colonel, he was appointed to the Staff School as a teacher (1904). He was sent to the Russo-Japanese War as an observer. He returned to Istanbul in 1906 and was promoted to "Pasha", and was appointed as the 6th Army Chief of Staff. He participated in the Balkan Wars (1912-1913) and was in the Caucasian Theater during the First World War. He was sent to Vienna as a military diplomat. Upon his return, he moved to Anatolia to participate in the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922). Only three copies are located in OCLC, two copies are in Turkish libraries, and one is in a German library; not in the US libraries. OCLC 60522483.