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Ujalat ul Jografiya (the Geographic brief - عجالة الجغرافيا) The first atlas geographic work to be printed by Muslims, the text volume of Atlas-i Cedid
by Mahmoud Rayf Efendi, Mahmud Raif Pasha
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- 1804
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45 x 38 cm. Ottoman Turkish text. printed by Abdurrahman el Muderris in 1219 AH, 1804 AD. Item Price
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Tuhfat-ul Haramayn (treasury of the two holy sanctuaries) geographical descriptive journey from İstanbul to Mecca and Medina
by Yusuf Nabi (1642-1712)
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- 1848
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20.5 x 15 cm. 112 p. Of Ottoman Turkish text. Front contemporary marbeled cover. Descriptive geographical journey from İstanbul through Syria to Hejaz. The author's Haj report prepared in 1678-1679 and dedicated to the Kethuda Mustafa Pasha. Item Price
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Silver print photograph of Rawdha Mutahhara in Medina, signed on the negative Mirza photographers, Delhi
by Hajj photography
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- 1910
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21.5 x 16 cm. Signed on the negative Mirza photographers Delhi. Item Price
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Silver print photograph of Jebel Arafat, signed on the negative Mirza photographers, Delhi
by Hajj photography
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- 1910
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21.5 x 16 cm , showing the pilgrims and tents in Arafat during Hajj. Item Price
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Silver print photograph of jannat al Mu'alla صورة فتوغرافية لجنة المعلاة
by Haj photography
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- 1910
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21.5 x 16 cm. Unsigned silver print photograph by Mirza, an Indian photographer.
Jannat al-Mu'alla (Arabic: جَنَّة ٱلْمُعَلَّاة, romanized: Jannah al-Muʿallāh, lit. 'The Most Exalted Paradise'), also known as the "Cemetery of Ma'la" (Arabic: مَقْبَرَة ٱلْمَعْلَاة Maqbarah al-Maʿlāh) and Al-Ḥajūn (Arabic: ٱلْحَجُوْن), is a cemetery to the north of Al-Masjid Al-Haram, and near the Mosque of the Jinn in Makkah, It… Read more about this item Item Price
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Military map of Vilayet Yemen
by General staff of the Ottoman authority
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- 1907
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93 x 64 cm. Colored military map described in Ottoman Turkish. Province of Hejaz, Asir and Yemen by the fifth section in the general staff 1323 H., 1907 AD. Paper on cloth folded to 16 parts. Item Price
$10,000.00
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Fann ul Bahr (Maritime Science) An un-recorded autograph manuscript by the author
by Isma'il -Pasha- Serheng (1852-1925)
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106 p. of Arabic autograph manuscript written by the author in Riq'aa script in back with many diagrams and mathematical shapes. Isma'il Pasha b. Serheng b. Abdullah al Giridi (initially from Crete) born and died in Egypt . He was a historian and admiral in the Egyptian navy . He learned in the naval school where he appointed as a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Al Majmou'a al Shafiya fi 'Ilm al Jughrafya المجموعة الشافية في علم الجغرافية
by Binbashi general staff Muhammed Efendi Mukhtar محمد أفندي مختار بكباشي أركان حرب
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- Used - Very Good
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- first
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- 1884
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- Printing house hard cover
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139 p. of Arabic text with 10 cartographic and diagrams plates. Rare work to be printed in the Jihadiyya general staff in Cairo. Covers smudging and light water stain. Text in excellent condition . Maritime and Geography Item Price
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Ottoman photographic journey in the red sea and Hejaz
by Photographic album
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- 1902
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Photographic album of the Red Sea journey contains 76 photographs of which 20 taken in Jeddah and Mecca in 1902 showing the annual celebration of the coronation day of Sultan Abdul Hamid II , in the government house in Jeddah and Mecca. With tow photographs showing the government and the Emir of Hejaz . 33 x 24 cm. ألبوم صور… Read more about this item Item Price
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cihannuma or Jihannuma (Mirror of the world)
by KATIB CELEBI (Mustafa ibn Abd Allah, aka Haci Halife, 1609-1657)
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- Used - Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1732
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- Hardcover
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$85,000.00
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FIrst page of the preface and last page of the index are facsimiles, else; complete with 39 original maps and shapes, mint condition and wide complete margins. 698pp of Ottoman Turkish text, printed by Ibrahim Muteferrika in 1145 AH. - 1732 AD. In contemporary hard covers binding. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION OF THE JIHANNUMA. Planned as a great cosmosgraphy, the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Avrupa-i Osmani Haritasi (Wall map of the Ottoman Europe), extra ordinary copy of an Ottoman lieutenant
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205 x 137 cm. extra ordinary Ottoman wall map of the Ottoman Europe prınted ın colors, folding paper on cloth. Signatures by the first lieutenant M. İhsan. Item Price
$7,000.00
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Map of Mavera nehr ve tevabii (countries of Beyond the river and environs) from Kitab-i Cihannuma
by Katip Celebi, Mustafa bin Abdullah (1609–1657), known as Haji Khalifa (Turkish: Hacı Halife)
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Made by Magradj (?) the Galataian (attributed to Galata in İstnabul). Conteporarily hand colored and hightend in gold. 37 x 30.5 cm. Item Price
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Map of Ulu Tughay, Ciracassians and Abaza ethnic groups in Daghistan, Georgia, Van, Kars, Trabzon and Erzrum. From Kitab-ı Cihannuma
by Katip Celebi, Mustafa bin Abdullah (1609–1657), known as Haji Khalifa (Turkish: Hacı Halife)
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- 1st Edition
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Conteporarily hand colored and hightend in gold, 37 x 30.5 cm. Made by Ahmad the Crimean (signed). Item Price
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Map of Eyalet ic il ve Karaman ve Anadolu (Anatolia) ve Sivas. From Kitab-i Cihannuma
by Katip Celebi, Mustafa bin Abdullah (1609–1657), known as Haji Khalifa (Turkish: Hacı Halife)
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Sketched by İbrahim Tophanevi (attributed to Tophane) and made by Magradj (?) the Galataian (attributed to Galata in İstnabul). Conteporarily hand colored and hightend in gold, 36.5 x 30.5 cm. Item Price
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Map of the Safavids country (Map of İran) from Kitab-i Cihannuma
by Katip Celebi, Mustafa bin Abdullah (1609–1657), known as Haji Khalifa (Turkish: Hacı Halife)
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- 1st Edition
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Contemporarily hand colored and hightend ın gold, 37 x 30.5 cm. The map includes the coastal places of eastern Nejd on the Persian Gulf, as Bahrein and Oman. Item Price
$5,000.00
Voyage au Yemen Jurnal d'une Excursion botanique faite en 1887 dans les montagnes de l'Arabie Heureuse
by A. Deflers
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- 1st Edition
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- 1889
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- Hardcover
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Paris: Paul Klincksieck, 1889 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Suivis du catalogue des plantes recueillies, d'une liste des principales especes cultivees avec leurs noms arabes et de nombreuses determinations barometriques d'atitude. 246 p. with explication des planches and errata. With 6 full page plates: (1) Aspidopteris Yemensis. (2) Aspidopteris Yemensis. (3) Crolataria… Read more about this item Item Price
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FI SAHRAA' LIBIYA (TRAVEL IN THE LIBIYAN DESERT), SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR IN 1929
by AHMAD MUHAMMAD HASANAIN BEY
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Cairo: Matba'at Misr Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 409PP, 2 PARTS IN 1 VOLUME WITH COLOURED MAP. ARABIC TEXT OF AN IMPORTANT EXPLORATION IN THE LIBYAN DESERT TOWARDS DARFOUR. DEDICATED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR IN 1929. MANY FINE PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES BY THE AUTHOR. PREFACE BY AHMAD LUTFI AS SAIYYED,… Read more about this item Item Price
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AL KANZ AL MUKHTAR FI KASHF AL ARADHI WA AL BIHAR, THE SECOND AND MOST RARE ED. PRINTED IN THE OFFICE OF TOPJIYYA NEAR CAIRO
by RIFA'AA BADAWI RAFI' AL TAHTAWI (TRANSLATOR)
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- 1834
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- Hardcover
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$6,500.00
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Egypt: Maktab ut Tobjiyya (the artillery press), 1834 Book. As New. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. ONE OF THE MOST RARE PRINTING OFFICES IN THE EARLY PRINTING HISTORY IN EGYPTE AFTER THE FRENCH PRESS, MAKTAB AL TOPJIYYA (artillery office) WIHICH ESTABLISHED BY MUHAMMED ALI PASHA FOR MILITARY PRESS. THIS IS THE SECOND AND THE MOST RARE ED.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Khitat al Sham
by Muhammad Kurd Ali (the president of the Arabic sciences institution in Damascus)
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- 1925
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- Hardcover
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Damascus: al- Matba'a al- Haditha, 1925 Book. As New. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A comprehensive work by a well-known scholar and politician from Damasscus about the city including the political, social and the other aspects during the Ottoman synasty in the last period. Six volumes, 4to. in Arabic printed between 1343 and 1347 AH. (1925 and… Read more about this item Item Price
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OTTOMAN ATLAS CONTAINS THIRTY NINE HAND COLORED MAPS PREPARED AND PRINTED IN THE MUHENDISHANE I BERRI HUMAYUN (THE ROYAL SCHOOL OF MILITARY ENGNEERING) IN ISTANBUL. POSSIBLY THE FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE ATLAS TO BE PRINTED IN USKUDAR AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TELEGRAPH LINES IN THE OTTOMAN WILAYAS (STATES)
by THE OTTOMAN AUTHORITY
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Uskudar: MuhendisHane-i Berr-i Humatun (The Royal school of military engneering) Atlas. Illus. by YUMNI. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 1860's THIRTY NINE HAND COLORED MAPS MOSTLY SIGNED BY (YUMNI). MOST OF THEM ARE DESCRIBED IN THE OTTOMAN TURKISH. ALL MAPS ON DOUBLE PAGES, TITLED AND WITH PRINTING DETAILS. LATER HARD COVER. FOLIO 40 X 28… Read more about this item Item Price
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