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2016Very Good Persian Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). Text in Persian; with bilingual title on cover in English and Persian. 144 p. History of Iran since Islam to the raise of Tâhirids. [PERSIAN EDITION].
2019Fine English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 352 p. Türk -Iran iliskileri. Türk - Iran iliskileri.
1989New Turkish Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish, Arabic, Mongolian and summary in German. [viii], 329, [7] p., [6] leaves of plts., facsimile documents. Kirsehir emiri, Caca Oglu Nur el-Din'in 1272 tarihli Arapça-Mogolca vakfiyesi. Nur al-Din Jibra'il ibn Jaja, Ahmet Temir Text in Arabic, classical Mongolian, and romanized Mongolian, with introduction and translations in Turkish; summary in German.
2017New Turkish Paperback. 4to. (30 x 21 cm). In Turkish. [5], [xxii], 150 p., color and b/w ills. Osmanli hanedan türbelerindeki Maras isi pûsîdeler (Pûsîde 1). Embroidered textile covers of the Ottoman dynasty shrines.
1844Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) In contemporary cloth bdg. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Ottoman script. 43, 59 p. Divan literature is described as "a certain tradition literature with its rules and boundaries" in the most general form. These rules and boundaries have enabled the formation of common expressions in religion and in Sufi intellection in particular and in poetry by the influence of Persian literature, and they have made it traditional in time. In this context, in classical Turkish poetry, whose male poets are predominant in quality and quantity, patriarchal rhetoric presents an outlook that its frame has been established by common tropes, metaphors, poetic themes and in short by similar imaginations and ideas. The divans of Lady Mihri (died after 1512), Lady Leyla (died in 1848) and Lady Seref (1809-1861) have different aesthetic understandings in that context. Laylâ Hanim was one of the few Turkish women poets who made a collection of her poems. Lived in Istanbul and died in 1848. Her family was close to the Ottoman Sultanate and Leylâ Hanim, witnessed the reign of Mahmud II (1808-1839) and Abdülmecid I (1839-1861). She is the daughter of Moralizâde Hâmid Efendi. Her mother Hadîce Hanim is the sister of Keçecizâde Izzet Molla, a notable bureucrat and poet of the times. She has three brothers, Atâullah Mehmed Efendi, Nurullah Mehmed Efendi and Hâlid Efendi, who died at a young age. She had financial problems after her father's death and she expressed those in her poems. Some of her poems in the divan mention that her father and brother Hâlid Efendi have lived in Bursa for a while. She is educated by Keçecizâde Izzet Molla, she is quick-witted. She experienced a short marriage, which lasted about a week; after the divorce she devoted herself to poetry. Her grave is in Galata Mevlevîhanesi. Following books include information of her life, characteristics and poetry: Fatin Tezkiresi (363), Ahmet Rif'at's Lugat-i Târîhiyye ve Cogrâfiyye (154), Tuhfe-i Nâ'ilî (895), Sicill-i Osmânî (93), Bursali Mehmet Tahir's Osmanli Müellifleri (406), Haci Begzâde Ahmet Muhtar's Sâir Hanimlarimiz (51-2), Mehmed Zihnî Efendi's Mesâhir'ün-Nisâ (195), and Semseddin Sâmî's Kâmusü'l-A'lâm (4060). These resources indicate that Leylâ Hanim is from a noble family and the links of the family to the high cadres of Ottoman bureaucracy and their intellectual property have left traces in her poetry. AH 1299 = AD 1882. Fourth Edition. (Source: All poetry). OCLC 163633996.; Özege 4177 / 2. First Bulaq Edition. Litho. Rare.
1934Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original autograph letter (ALS) signed 'Bilecik Saylavi S[alih] Bozok' with its original envelope. 21x15 cm. In Ottoman script. 2 p. Full. Letter includes 27 lines. Dated December, 22, 1934. Letterhead 'TBMM Özel' [i.e. Turkish Grand National Assembly]. Recipient is Salih Bey [Sener] who was lived in Kadiköy and Commandant Gendarme. Bozok was an officer of the Ottoman Army, later the Turkish Army and a politician of the Republic of Turkey. He was the chief aide-de-camp of Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk), the founder of modern Turkey. Bozok was a close childhood and lifelong friend of Atatürk, both having been born in 1881 in Salonica and having attended the Monastir Military High School together. On November 10, 1938, upon witnessing the dead body of Atatürk in the latter's bedroom of Dolmabahçe Palace, a distraught and stunned Bozok stepped outside and shot himself through the chest with a pistol. However, the bullet narrowly missed his heart, and Bozok did not succumb to his fatal wound until April 1941. (Wikipedia).
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original autograph letter signed (ALS) by Ottoman prince (Sehzâde) Yusuf Izzeddin to his brother, probably Mehmed Seyfeddin Efendi, (1867-1899). 27x17 cm. In Ottoman script. 1 p. 11 lines. Used a pencil. Full. Written on a "Toneywood Linen" watermarked paper. Sehzâde Yusuf Izzeddin was an Ottoman prince, the son of Sultan Abdülaziz and his first wife Dürrünev Kadin. Sehzade Yusuf Izzeddin was born on 29 September 1857 in the Dolmabahçe Palace. His father was Sultan Abdülaziz, who was then a prince, and his mother was Dürrünev Kadin, eldest daughter of Prince Mahmud Dziaps-lpa and his wife Princess Halime Çikotua. He had a full sister, Saliha Sultan, five years younger than him. He was brought up concealed in the villa of Kadir Bey, molla of Mecca, located in Eyüp. His birth was kept a secret until his father ascended the throne in 1861. Izzeddin's early education took place in the Prince's School, Dolmabahçe Palace. His tutors were Miralay Süleyman Bey, Ömer Efendi, Tophane Müfti Ömer Lutfi Efendi, Gazi Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, and Gürcü Serif Efendi. He took his French lessons from the Sultan's head doctor Marko Pasha and Sakizli Ohannes Pasha's son-in-law Sarl. In 1871, at the age of fourteen, Izzeddin was commander of the Fourth Army (Anatolian Army) with the rank of Marshal, and soon after was appointed commander of the First Army, the Imperial Army. After his accession to the throne, Prince Murad (future Sultan Murad V), became heir to the throne. However, Abdülaziz began considering changing the rule of succession in favor of Izzeddin. For this purpose, Abdülaziz set out to mollify different pressure groups and have his son gain popularity among them. During the 1867 visit to Europe, rumors spread that contrary to the rules of protocol Abdülaziz arranged Izzeddin's reception in Paris and London before the official heir, Prince Murad. Izzeddin's father, Abdülaziz was deposed by his ministers on 30 May 1876, and his nephew Murad became the Sultan. He was transferred to Feriye Palace the next day. On 4 June 1876, Abdülaziz died under mysterious circumstances. As both of Emine Sultan, Izzeddin's half-sister, parents died in the summer of 1876, when she was not yet two years old, Izzeddin raised her in his household. Izzeddin's cousin Sultan Abdul Hamid II was suspicious of him, and for this reason, had a police station built opposite his country house. Izzeddin and Prince Vahideddin (future Mehmed VI) had a rivalry with each other. Though, coldly polite to each other, they refused to share the same carriage even for the ceremonies of the state. Vahideddin especially insisted on being considered the second heir apparent. Yusuf Izzeddin suffered from his role and lived his later years in a kind of paranoia, until he committed suicide (his cause of death is still under debate: murder or suicide?) on 1 February 1916 in his villa at Zincirlikuyu, Istanbul.
1924Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original cloth bdg. with Ottoman letter gil on spine. 2 volumes set in 1: (144 p.; 271 p.). Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script. Hejra: 1340 = Gregorian: 1924. The arbitrary rule of Committee of Union and Progress (Ittihad ve Terakki Cemiyeti) and sultanate ambition of Damad Ferit Pasha, same time Freedom and Entente Party (Hurriyet ve Itilâf Partisi), and competition between those parties gave an opportunity to powers those who wanna break-up the Ottoman Empire. The memoirs of Simavi explains exactly that period of empire, the period of Sultan Mehmed Resad Khan, and Sultan Vahdettin. Sultan Mehmed Resad Han'in ve halefinin sarayinda gördüklerim. 2 volumes set. Özege: 18312. First Edition.
1975Good Arabic Paperback. 4to. (29 x 21 cm). In Arabic. 200 p. Ex-library stamps. Splits on the spine. Otherwise a good copy. Shantarînî was an Arab poet and historian from al-Andalus. He was born in Santarém (sometimes spelled Shantarin or Xantarin) and hailed from the Banu Taghlib tribe. Ibn Bassam describes how the incessant invasions of the Castilians forced him to run away from Santarém in Portugal, "the last of the cities of the west," after seeing his lands ravaged and his wealth destroyed, a ruined man with no possessions save his battered sword. Especially well known is his anthology Dhakhira fi mahasin Ahl al-Jazira. one of the most important sources of information in the field of history, literature, and culture of the Almoravid dynasty. It was edited in eight volumes by Ihsan Abbas, written in rhymed prose, many of its biographies are contemporary and filled out with details taken from the Kitab al-Matin of Ibn Hayyan. The parts taken from that book are easily distinguishable because Ibn Bassam prefixes the words qala Ibn Hayyan ("Ibn Hayyan says") and concludes the extract with intaha kalam Ibn Hayyan ("here ends ibn Hayyan's words"). The set is 8 volumes, this is only one volume (2.1).
1846Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Paperback. Chipped on margins. Some owner notes. Otherwise a good copy. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 18 cm). In Ottoman script. 32 p. This rare book includes the royal travel of Sultan Abdülmecid in 1262 AH [1846 AD] to Roumelia. From Edirne, Abdülmecid proceeded to Eski Zagra (Stara Zagora), Kizanlik (Kazanluk), Gabrova (Gabrovo), Tirnova (Turnovo), Rusçuk (Ruse), Silistre (Silistra), and Varna. The route of the 1846 tour followed closely, except in reverse order, Mahmud II's tour of 1837. According to witness accounts, along the way, the sultan was greeted everywhere with poetic recitations and songs of praise and prayer, both in Ottoman and Bulgarian. The pride of place among welcoming parties invariably fell on students, of all creeds, most clad in white uniforms, some in solemn church-going attire, with flowers and green branches in their hands. At every stop, ceremonial cannon salvos were fired during the day and elaborate firework illuminations were performed at night. In the town of Kizanlik, known then as now for the most fragrant roses and the best rose oil, the sultan's visit coincided, possibly by design, with the rose harvesting season. So the locals sprinkled rose water and poured rose oil before the sultan's cavalcade. According to Hristo Stambolski, in the three days of the sultan's stay in town, no rose harvesting was done so that the whole area would be exquisitely scented in his honor. For his part, the sultan had doctors vaccinate all children against smallpox in public before sending each one off with a small gift of money. Even people with rare diseases were, on occasion, summoned to the sultan's presence so his doctors could cure them. The sublime visit caused the locals, who were unaccustomed to direct contact with the center of power, quite a stir. The most detailed account, albeit from a hostile source, relates the sultan's visit to Rusçuk, which, at four days, may have also been the longest. According to Nayden Gerov, the greeting ceremonies proceeded on a communal basis, with the Jews being placed closest to the town walls, next to them the Armenians, then the Bulgarians, and finally, the Muslims, situated the farthest from town, yet being the first to see and welcome the sultan. As the sultan approached, each group of youngsters would in turn sing for him, everyone else bowing profusely. Based on Gerov's description, it seems that Abdülmecid was dressed in a slightly more luxurious fashion than during state ceremonies in Istanbul. ((Source: Sultan Abdülmecid's Tour of Rumelia and the Trope of Love by Stephanov). The sultan began to travel by the way of the gate of Yedikule in Istanbul in May 6, 1846. He followed the way of Ayastefanos, Silivri, Çorlu, Burgaz, Edirne, Zagra-i Atik, Kizanli, Trnova, Rusçuk, Silistre, Rusçuk, Shumnu, and Varna and came back to Istanbul by way of the sea on June 14, 1846. During this travel, the Sultan listened to people's problems and ordered the authorities to be solved with those problems. He received successful military and administrative authorities in settlements on the way of travel and rewarded them. He also received the governors of Serbia, Eflak and Bogdan, and the representatives of foreign states. With this travel, the Sultan aimed to strengthen the connection to the center of people and administrators in provinces. Özege 17910. First Edition.
2021New Persian Original bdg. HC. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). Text in Persian with English preface and bilingual title in English and Persian. 452, [5], [1] p. "Overwhelmed by complements and praise Fatimids historiography is dedicated to Imam for his divine right of kingship, the very Fatimids theo-political thought. This doctrine would never have built up unless a serious endeavor took place to draw theo-political principles to establish Fatimids Shiite administration. In fact, the advent of Fatimids as a theocratic administration in Medieval Islam in North Africa from late 3rd century of Hijrah and then its survival for more than two hundred years was based on the politicized Ismaili literature. It was Fatimids Daii theologians who manipulated the primary concepts in Ismaili theology to produce intellectual infrastructures to legitimize Fatimid Imams. The aim of this book is moving from Ismaili theological concepts to legitimacy of Fatimids, which seems to have received little attention in the contemporary Ismaili studies particularly to theo-political works...".
2000New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Folio. (43 x 30 cm). In Persian and English. [i-xxxvii] pp. text in English, [8], 264 p. text in Persian, richly illustrated. After a large historical background, the presented book has old views, city plans and maps of Iranian cities including Russian, Iranian, Arabian and Western cartographers in the Qajar dynasty (1794-1925). A very comprehensive large and heavy book on Iran in the 19th century cartographic material.
2012New Persian Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Persian, with a bilingual title in English and Persian on cover. [8], 500 p. Iran between two coups d'etat: A history of the political, social, economic, and cultural evolutions in Iran from Qajars fall to the 28 Mordad Coup).= Îrân bayn-i dû kûditâ: Târîkh-i tahavvulât-i siyâsî, ijtimâ'î, iqtisâdî va farhangî-i Îrân az inqirâz-i Qâjârîyah tâ kûditâ-yi 28 Murdâd.
2015New Persian Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). Text in Persian with a bilingual title in English and Persian on cover. 598 p., portrait and ills. The religions of ancient Iran.= Adyân va mazâhib dar Îrân bâstân.
1887Very 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.).
2006New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (34 x 25 cm). In English. 300 p., color ills. Children of the Ottoman Seraglio. Customs and costumes of the princes and princesses. The family life of the masters of the Ottoman palace and the daily lives and clothing of the children of the sultans are topics which unfortunately have not been the subjects of detailed consideration. This deficiency has not only resulted incorrect assumptions, deep ignorance and erroneous opinion regarding their way of life and family relationships, but has also led to the incorrect interpretation of their place in Ottoman civilization. This is so because those distinguished persons who represent a particular cultural circle must be known well. Moreover, the persons of that milieu obviously affect the course of history, and that milieu produces select and distinguished persons who are unique to it. Among the members of the dynasty are artist sultans, princes and princesses; the life style of the dynasty is based on a unique tradition and that these works, among the wealth of the many objects in our museum, bear witness to the institution's historical and cultural identity. The Topkapi Palace Museum's worthy expert Doc. Dr. Hülya Tezcan, known for her publications on the historical topography of the palace and its pre-Ottoman works as well as her contribution to the work Ipek, on the textile collections of the Palace, now presents this invaluable research on the lives and costumes of the princes and princesses who were members of dynasty.
1924Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original autograph letter signed (ALS) by Ottoman princess 'Sükriye Serafeddin'. 17,5x14,5 cm. In Ottoman script (Turkish with Arabic letters). 1 p. [in four]. Bifolium. The letter starts with 'Huve' and it has 12 lines. She mentions a letter that was sent by this unnamed recipient to 'Serafeddin' who is probably from the Ottoman dynasty. Sükriye Sultan was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of the heir to the throne Sehzade Yusuf Izzeddin, son of Sultan Abdulaziz, and Leman Hanim. Sükriye Sultan was born on 24 February 1906 in Çamlica Palace. Her mother was Leman Hanim. She was the second child, and eldest daughter born to her father and the eldest child of her mother. She had two younger siblings, a brother, Sehzade Mehmed Nizameddin, two years younger than her, and a sister, Mihrisah Sultan, ten years younger than her. She was the granddaughter of Abdulaziz and Dürrünev Kadin.
1882Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original cloth bdg. with marbled boards and brown cloth spine. Fading on spine and foxing on boards and pages. Overall a good copy. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 118 p. Lithographed. Early edition of this rare poem collection by Leyla Hanim (?-1847), who was a few female poets in the Ottoman literature, known for her lyrical love poems. Divan literature is described as "a certain tradition literature with its rules and boundaries" in the most general form. These rules and boundaries have enabled the formation of common expressions in religion and in Sufi intellection in particular and in poetry by the influence of Persian literature, and they have made it traditional in time. In this context, in classical Turkish poetry, whose male poets are predominant in quality and quantity, patriarchal rhetoric presents an outlook that its frame has been established by common tropes, metaphors, poetic themes, and in short by similar imaginations and ideas. The divans of Lady Mihri (died after 1512), Lady Leyla (died in 1848), and Lady Seref (1809-1861) have different aesthetic understandings in that context. Leylâ Hanim was one of the few Turkish female poets who made a collection of her poems. Lived in Istanbul and died in 1848. Her family was close to the Ottoman Sultanate and Leylâ Hanim, witnessing the reign of Sultan Mahmud II (1808-1839) and Sultan Abdülmecid I (1839-1861). She is the daughter of Moralizâde Hâmid Efendi. Her mother Hadîce Hanim is the sister of Keçecizâde Izzet Molla, a notable bureaucrat, and poet of the times. She has three brothers, Atâullah Mehmed Efendi, Nurullah Mehmed Efendi and Hâlid Efendi, who died at a young age. She had financial problems after her father's death and she expressed those in her poems. Some of her poems in the divan mention that her father and brother Hâlid Efendi have lived in Bursa for a while. She is educated by Keçecizâde Izzet Molla, she is quick-witted. She experienced a short marriage, which lasted about a week; after the divorce, she devoted herself to poetry. Her grave is in Galata Mevlevîhanesi. Several books include information of her life, characteristics, and poetry such as Fatin Tezkiresi (363), Ahmet Rif'at's Lugat-i Târîhiyye ve Cogrâfiyye (154), Tuhfe-i Nâ'ilî (895), Sicill-i Osmânî (93), Bursali Mehmet Tahir's Osmanli Müellifleri (406), et alli. These resources indicate that Leylâ Hanim is from a noble family and the links of the family to the high cadres of Ottoman bureaucracy and their intellectual property have left traces in her poetry. AH 1299 = AD 1882. (Source: All poetry). OCLC 949496080.; Özege 4177 / 4. First two editions were printed in Cairo.
1938Fair French Modern full brown leather, gilt lettering of title on front board. Heavily water stained, and some chippings on extremities of some pages. A fair copy. 4to. (27 x 20 cm). In French. 63 p. The very rare autographed copy of this lecture given in Lebanon on January 20, 1937, at the Youth Center, by Ostrorog after his serving in China as Assistant High Commissioner, a French diplomat from a noble Polish family, who had served as Assistant High Commissioner in China and Syria in the 1930s. Signed and inscribed by Ostrorog as "Par Mahid, Avec autre au mille amitié, Damas, 1938". On the eve of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) between the Chinese and the Empire of Japan which is often regarded as the beginning of World War II in Asia, French ex-Assistant High Commissioner in China Ostrorog gave a lecture about Chinese power and policy. Some titles from book: "La Chine.; Le monde au temps de Confucius.; Humanisme Confuceen.; Opposition de l'humanisme Chinois a la morale idealiste de l'occident.; Facteur grammatical.; Universalite des caracteres.; Facteur geographique.; Facteur moral.; La republique des philosophes.; Reaction de Huang Ti au 3me siecle avant notre ere.; Evolution historique dans le cadre de l'unite.; Isolement.; Arrivee des Europeens au XVIme siecle les marchands et les missionnaires.; La querelle des rites condamnation des Jesuites.; Eclat du couchant Kien Lung.; Lettre de Kien Lung a Georges III.; Guerre de l'Opium.; Qeuvre des missions en Chine.; Tseu-hi et Abdul-Hamid.; Le Japon.; Propagande de Moscou.; Succes du mouvement nationaliste.; Intervention Japonaise en Mandchourie.; L'Unite Chinoise menacee.; La Grande pitie.; L'avenir de la Chine.". From the last chapter: "In our contract, the Chinese until now have taken only the faults and vices of Western civilizations. There is, however, something else to choose from and perhaps the time is near when the Chinese will understand it. Whether they are few in number, fifty, forty, ten, or five only, that will suffice. And on that day, with the power of assimilation which has always characterized it, China will integrate, in a way, all the foreign contributions of a moral or cultural order, to rebuild its unity, to resume the continuity of his story, and rediscover his genius." Only two copies in OCLC: 42804470. Signed and inscribed by Stanislas Ostrorog.
1991New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. [xi], 175 p., b/w ills. 1 folding b/w map. Sultan Suleyman the Grand Turk.
2000Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 246 p. Mesrutiyet'ten Cumhuriyet'e iktidar kavgalari ve sanal irticâ. Power struggles and virtual fundamentalism in Turkey from Constitutional Regime and Republic.
1999Fine English Original bdg. HC. 4to. (28 x 20 cm). In English and Turkish. 315, [4] p., color and b/w ills. Portraits of Ottoman Empire's sultans.= Padisah portreleri.
1997New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In French. [2], 379 p., b/w ills. in text, 2 folding maps, 69 plates of facsimile in Ottoman Turkish. Sultan Djem. Un Prince Ottoman dans l'Europe du XVe siecle d'apres deux sources contemporaines: Vaki'at-i Sultan Cem, Oeuvres de Guillaume Caoursin.
2016New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Small 4to. (26 x 18 cm). In English. 720 p., ills. Memoirs of an Ottoman prince. H.I.H. Prince Ali Vâsib (known in Turkish as 'Ali Vâsib Efendi' - or, using his Turkish surname, as 'Ali Vâsib Osmanoglu') was born in the Çiragan Palace, on the shores of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, in 1903. His memoirs deal with the life and times of the Ottoman Imperial family during the last years of the Ottoman Sultanate, as well as with his life during his enforced exile in Hungary, France and Egypt. While in Istanbul he witnessed the First World War, the abolition of the Sultanate in 1923 and then that of the Caliphate in 1924, at which time he was exiled along with the rest of the Imperial family. He was finally allowed to return to his homeland in 1974, after half a century in exile. Ali Vâsib Efendi is the only Ottoman Imperial Prince to have written his memoirs, and they give a unique insight into the people and politics of his day. H.I.H. Prince Ali Vâsib, the great-grandson of Sultan Murad V, was at various times in the presence of the last four Ottoman Sultans as well as the last Caliph. He personally knew the leading figures of the time - such as Enver Pasha. He was a witness to key events in Ottoman history during the last days of the Empire. He lived through the occupation of Istanbul by the Allies - the Ottoman court's most difficult period - and then the exile of the Ottoman Dynasty in 1924.
2002Fine Turkish Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 647 p. Osmanli hanedani saray notlari, (1808-1908). Prep. by Ismet Bozdag.