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[CHRISTIAN AND ISLAMIC CALENDARS OF THE FIRST FOURTEEN CENTURIES FROM THE BIRTH OF THE PROPHET] Concordance des eres Musulmane et Chretienne pour les quatorze premiers siecles de l'Hegire commençant le 16 Juillet 622 et finissant le 20 Novembre 1979 = Tahaffut un-necad. Bemkabelet tarihi al-hicri ve al-milad.
by M'HAMMED [MUHAMMED] BEL-KHODJA (Officier d'Academie chef de la Comptabilite de l'Administration Generale) (1869-1943).
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- 1st Edition
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- 1897
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- Hardcover
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Tunis: Concours de Gouvernement Tunisien / Imprimerie Française., AH 1314, 1897. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In modern green cloth bdg. Original wrappers mounted on front and rear boards. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In French and Arabic. 34, 58 p. Concordance des eres Musulmane et Chretienne pour les… Read more about this item Item Price
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[MIDDLE EAST / ARABIC / NORTH AFRICA] Muqaddimah al-aqwam al-masâlik fî ma'rifat ahwâl al-mamâlik tercemesi. [i.e. The surest path to knowledge regarding the condition of countries]. Translated by Abdurrahman Efendi.
by KHAYR AL-DIN PASHA AL-TUNUSÎ (TUNUSLU HAYREDDIN PASHA), (1820-1890).
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- 1st Edition
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- 1879
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Istanbul (Constantinople): Al-Jawaib Printing House., [AH 1296], 1879. 1st Edition . Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Contemporary burgundy half calf, five raised bands to spine, title lettered in gilt. An old label on the spine, and slight tears on paper covered on boards. Otherwise a very good copy. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14… Read more about this item Item Price
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[FIRST TRAVEL ACCOUNT OF SOUTH AFRICAN MUSLIMS] Ümid Burnu seyahatnâmesi. [i.e. Travel account of the Cape of Good Hope]. Quoted by Ömer Lütfi.
by ABUBAKR EFFENDI, (1814-1880).
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- 1st Edition
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- 1875
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Constantinople (Istanbul): Basiret Matbaasi - Ahmed Bey Matbaasi., [AH 1292], 1875. 1st Edition . Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 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… Read more about this item Item Price
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![[THE FRENCH AND BRITISH CONFLICTS ON EGYPTIAN REGION] Affaires du Haut-Nil et du Bahr-el-Ghazal, 1897-1898 (Documents Diplomatiques) [i.e. Upper Nile and Bahr-el-Ghazal Affairs, 1897-1898 (Diplomatic Documents)].](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/904/318/1497318904.0.m.jpg)
[THE FRENCH AND BRITISH CONFLICTS ON EGYPTIAN REGION] Affaires du Haut-Nil et du Bahr-el-Ghazal, 1897-1898 (Documents Diplomatiques) [i.e. Upper Nile and Bahr-el-Ghazal Affairs, 1897-1898 (Diplomatic Documents)].
by MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES ETRANGERES = FOREIGN MINISTRY OF FRANCE.
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- 1st Edition
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- 1898
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- Soft cover
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Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1898. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original wrappers. Folio. (32 x 21 cm). bilingual in English and French. [8], 26, [2] p. First printed edition of these minutes by the Foreign Ministry of France in 1897-1898 on Bahr Al-Ghazal, Lake Chad, and the Upper Nile… Read more about this item Item Price
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[THE MEASURE OF THE OVERSEAS TOWNS: GUIDE FOR THE MARINERS FROM BATUMI TO AFRICA] Eb'ad-i buldân cedveli: Bahr-i Siyah'da kâin Batum'dan Ingiltere'ye kadar Avrupa, Asya ve Afrika sevâhillerinde bulunan mesâhir-i beledânin arz ve tûlleriyle birbirlerine olan bu'd-i mesafelerini hâvi eb'ad-i beledân cetvelidir.
by IBRAHIM EDHEM BEY [PASHA], (Ottoman statesman), (1819-1893).
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- 1st Edition
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- 1871
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Istanbul: Mekteb-i Bahriye Matbaasi [i.e. The Naval School Printing House]., [AH 1288], 1871. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 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… Read more about this item Item Price
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Afrika weint: Tagebuch eines Legionärs. Mit einer Fluchtkarte. [i.e. Africa cries: Diary of a legionnaire, with one folded map]. [SIGNED COPY]
by ERNEST F[RIEDRICH] LÖHNDORFF, (1899-1976).
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- Very Good
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- 1954
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- Dust jacket
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Istanbul: Carl Schünemann Verlag, 1954. Dust jacket. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original cloth bdg. Dust wrapper. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In German. 346, [5] p., one folded map of the North Africa including Morocco and Algeria. Chipped on extremities of DJ, slightly age-toned on edges. Otherwise a clean and very… Read more about this item Item Price
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[OTTOMAN AFRICA - LIBYA - SAHARA] Trablusgarb'tan Sahrâ-yi Kebîr'e dogru. Sahrâ teskilâti ve akvâmi hakkinda tedkikat: Sahrâ'nin teskilâti, iklimi, hayvanat ve nebatati, Sahrâ buldani ile beledî ve Bedevî akvâmin tarz-i hayat ve maisetleri, araklari hakkinda tedkikât ve tetebbuât. [i.e. Voyages from Tripoli to the Great Sahara].
by [ABDULKADIR] CÂMÎ [BAYKURT sic. BAYKUT] (Fizan meb'usu [i.e. The deputy of Fezzan]), (1877-1949).
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- 1st Edition
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- 1910
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- Soft cover
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Dersaadet - Istanbul: Nisan Babikyan Matbaasi., [AR 1326 = AH 1327], 1910. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 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… Read more about this item Item Price
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[MODERN JUGURTHA VS THE FRENCH COLONIZATION IN NORTH AFRICA] Abd-el-Kader: Emir de l'Afrique du Nord, défenseur de la nationalité Arabe, protecteur des Christiens opprimes. Sa biographie. Offerte au profit de la souscription nationale de la Flotte Ottomane par le fils aîne de l'Emir Abd-el-Kader, le général de division Mohammed Pacha. [i.e. Abd-el-Kader: Emir of North Africa, defender of Arab nationality, protector of oppressed Christians. His biography. Offered for the benefit of the national subscription of the Ottoman Fleet by the eldest son of the Emir Abd-el-Kader, Major General Mohammed Pasha].
by MOHAMMED PASHA, (The eldest son of Amir Abd al-Qadir), (19th century).
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- 1st Edition
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N. p.: N. p., [later 1913]. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original wrappers. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In French. 10 p., 2 unnumbered b/w plates. Extremely rare early brief French edition of "Kitâb tu?fat al-zâ'ir fî târîkh al-Jazâ'ir wa-al-Amir 'Abd al-Qâdir" by Amir Abd al-Qadir's eldest son… Read more about this item Item Price
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Historical dictionary of Morocco (African Historical Dictionaries, No. 24).
by WILLIAM SPENCER.
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- 1980
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- Hardcover
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London: The Scarecrow Press, Icnc. / Metuchen, 1980. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original brown bdg. Demy 8vo. (22 x 14 cm). In English. [xLiv], 152 p. Historical dictionary of Morocco (African Historical Dictionaries, No. 24).
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[AFRICA / SUDANESE GOVERNMENT / ISLAMIZATION] A memorandum for the enactment of a Sudan Constitution devised from the principles of Islam. Rabe Tani, 1376 - November, 1956.
by HASAN MUDDATHIR, (Grand qadi of the Sudan, Chief Muslim judge), (20th century).
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- 1st Edition
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- 1956
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- Soft cover
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Sudan: Mc Corqudale (Sudan) Ltd., 1956. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. [2], 21 p. First and only edition of this extremely rare pamphlet documenting the first constitutional and judicial movements in the Islamization of Sudan started in the 1950s… Read more about this item Item Price
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[ANTI-ALCOHOLISM IN THE OTTOMANS] Içki beliyyesi ve kurtulmanin çareleri. [i.e. The trouble of drinking and ways to get rid of].
by DOKTOR MILÂSLI ISMAIL HAKKI, (1870-1938).
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- 1st Edition
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- 1917
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- Soft cover
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Istanbul: Hilâl Matbaasi., [AH 1333], 1917. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original wrappers. 8vo. (18 x 12 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 80, [4] p., 4 unnumbered b/w plates. First and only edition of this very rare anti-alcohol medical tractate, penned by Milâsli… Read more about this item Item Price
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[FIRST BOOK ON MUSLIMS IN THE COMORO ISLANDS] Kamer Adalari: Afrika'da Âlem-i Islâm Külliyatindan 1. [i.e. The Comoro Islands: From the Corpus of Islamic World in Africa].
by ISMAIL HAKKI TEVFIK OKDAY, (1881-1977).
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- 1st Edition
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- 1923
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Istanbul: Matbaa-i Askeriye., [AH 1339], 1923. 1st Edition . Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Full morocco in Ottoman style. Large roy. 8vo. (25 x 18 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 62 p., 18 unnumbered b/w photos, and four b/w maps. Slight foxing on extremities. Otherwise a very good copy.… Read more about this item Item Price
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[Manuscript map of Alexandria Port and its immediate hinterland].
by [ANONYMOUS].
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- 1936
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- Soft cover
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Turkey: Manuscript Map., [c. 1936s], 1936. Soft cover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Original manuscript map of Alexandria Port and its immediate hinterland. Folio. (33 x 41 cm). In Turkish (Modern). Folded. No scale. The manuscript shows Alexandria Port and the Palace of the King Farouk of Egypt, customs shores, ports and… Read more about this item Item Price
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[EARLY OTTOMAN MAP OF SUDAN] Sudan. Sâye-i Türkiye Hazret Gazi Sultan Abdülhamid Hân-i Sâni'de Maarif Umûmiye Nezâret-i Celîlesi ruhsatiyle meshur Haset tarafindan Fransa Cemiyet-i Cografya âzâlarindan mütesekkil komisyona mahsûs tanzîm edilmis oldugu son defaki atlasinin tercümesi olarak bu def'a Erkân-i Umûmiyye Dairesi Besinci Fen Subesi'ne me'mûr piyade mirlivâlarindan saâdetlü Ali Seref Pasa ve rifatlu binbasi fütûvvetlü Muhyiddin Efendi maarifetleriyle tertib ettirilmistir.
by [AHMET] MUHITTIN [ERGÜVEN], (1883-1969); MIRLIVA ALI SEREF PASHA, (Author and mapmaker of 'Umûmî Cografya Atlasi' published in 1894 - Active between 1885-1905).
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- 1894
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- Soft cover
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Dersaâdet-Constantinople: Hüseyin Ferid (Printed and published by) / Matbaa-yi Âmire., [AH 1310], 1894. Soft cover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Original color lithograph map. Folded. Oblong folio. (35 x 52 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). It shows Sudan and West Africa, Atlas Ocean shores, Sahra Desert, and other… Read more about this item Item Price
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[FIRST ARABIC EDITION OF 'AFRICA! AFRICA!' BY EDITOR OF THE DAILY WORKER] Ifriqiyah! Ifriqiyah! Qarat taqif ali qidmihâ. [i.e. Africa! Africa! A continent rises to its feet]. Translated by Ahmed Fouad Balbaa; Review by Hassan Lotfi Al-Manfalouti.
by DEREK [ISIDOR] KARTUN, (1919-2005).
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- 1st Edition
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- 1965
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[Egypt?]: Muassasat Sijil Al-Arab [i.e. Arab Record Foundation], 1965. 1st Edition . Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Half leather bound in Egyptian style raised six bands to spine, Arabic lettered gilt in second and fourth. 'Abdelzehar Binding' stamp on back endpaper. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Arabic. 179, [1] p. … Read more about this item Item Price
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[NORTH AFRICA / THE FRENCH OCCUPATION / ALGERIA] Mir'atü'l-Cezayir. [i.e. The mirror of Algeria]. Translated by Ali Sevki.
by ALI RIZA PASHA, (?-1876).
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- 1st Edition
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- 1876
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Istanbul: N. p. [AH 1293], 1876. 1st Edition . Leather. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Full modern morocco in Ottoman style. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). [5], [7], 142 p. First three pages were repaired in its contemporary period. Foxing on paper, some chippings on extremities.… Read more about this item Item Price
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[OTTOMAN AFRICA / TRIPOLI / SAHARA] Afrika Sahra-yi Kebirinde seyahât. [i.e. Voyage across the Sahara].
by SADIK EL-MÜEYYED [PASHA] AZIM ZADE, (1858-1911).
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1898
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- Leather
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Istanbul: Ikdam Matbaasi., [AH 1314], 1898. 1st Edition . Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Modern full morocco in Ottoman traditional style. Roy. 8vo. (25 x 17 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 119 p., 15 unnumbered b/w plates, and 1 color double-paged map of Northwest Africa and the Sahara Desert.… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,500.00
[SCHWEINFURT'S TRAVEL ACCOUNT OF AFRICA IN OTTOMAN LANGUAGE] [Doktor] Sivinfort'un Afrika seyahatnamesi. Translated by Ahmed - Mustafa Said.
by GEORGES AUGUST SCHWEINFURTH, (1836-1925).
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- 1st Edition
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- 1874
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Istanbul: Basiret Matbaasi., [AH 1291], 1874. 1st Edition . Leather. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 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… Read more about this item Item Price
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[ILLUSTRATED SELECTIONS FROM AN ARABIC 14TH CENTURY TRAVEL ACCOUNT OF AFRICA] Wasf Ifrîqîyah wa-al-Maghrib wa-al-Andalus awâsit al-qarn al- thamin lil-Hijrah: Muqtataf min kitâb Masâlik al-absâr fi mamâlik al- amsâr. [i.e. Description of Africa, Morocco and Andalusia in the middle of the eighth century of migration].
by HASAN HUSNÎ ABD AL-WAHHÂB, (1884-1968).
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- 1922
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- Soft cover
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Tunisia: Majallat al-Badr., [AH 1338 - ca. 1922], 1922. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original wrappers. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Arabic. 50 p., b/w plates. First edition of this rare excerpt book to "Masâlik al-absâr fi mamâlik al- amsâr" by Arab-Mamluk statesman, geographer and historian Shihâb al-Dîn Ah?mad… Read more about this item Item Price
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[FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF THE SYRIAN AND THE SUEZ CANAL OPERATIONS DURING WWI] Parisden Tih Sahrasina. [i.e. From Paris to the Desert of Tih].
by ALI FUAD [ERDEN], (1883-1957).
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1920
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- Hardcover
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Istanbul: Aksam Matbaasi., [AH 1336], 1920. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 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… Read more about this item Item Price
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