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1916000483<p>Istanbul: TanÄ«n 1916.<br />Book. As new. Hardcover. 8vo over 7¾–9¾ in.<br />An official report issued by the Ottoman Fourth Army under Jamal Pasha concerning the proceedings of the Supreme Court Martial Tribunal convened at ʿĀliyah Aley Lebanon established to prosecute alleged Arab separatists and Pan-Arabist movements in Syria and Egypt during the First World War.<br />The report claims that the names of prominent Arab nationalists were discovered by the Ottoman authorities among documents seized from the French Embassy in Beirut reportedly placed under the safekeeping of the American Embassy following the outbreak of war. These documents formed the evidentiary basis for the tribunal's investigations.<br />125 pages of Arabic text accompanied by over 50 facsimile plates issued as a supplement reproducing original documents and correspondence between the accused Arab nationalists and other related parties examined by the tribunal.<br />Preserved in a modern hardcover binding.<br />A significant and controversial contemporary Ottoman publication providing rare primary documentation on wartime military justice Arab nationalist movements and Ottoman intelligence practices during the final years of the empire.</p><p>An important Arabic political and legal work presenting the Arabic version of La Vérité sur la Question Syrienne addressing the investigations and proceedings of the Ottoman Martial Law Tribunal DÄ«wÄn al-Ḥarb al-Ê¿UrfÄ« convened in ʿĀliyah Aley during the First World War.<br />The work constitutes a contemporary defense and documentary clarification of political accusations brought against Syrian and Lebanese figures shedding light on:<br />Ottoman wartime judicial procedures<br />political repression and accusations of separatism<br />and the broader Syrian Question in the late Ottoman period.<br />As the original Arabic edition this publication is a key primary source for the study of Ottoman military justice Arab political movements and Syro-Lebanese intellectual history during the final years of Ottoman rule.<br />A scarce and historically significant work particularly sought after in collections relating to the Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire World War I Middle Eastern politics and constitutional and legal history.</p> Tanine hardcover
22474'Wedesday' no date. On monogram letterhead combining the letters C and A. 1p 12mo. In good condition lightly aged. Folded twice. Reads: 'Dear Mr Blacket I should wish to know in the course of the day how many pages of print are in the first volume.' Despite the spelling of the name the recipient is presumably either Henry Blackett 1825-1871 of the publishers Hurst and Blackett or one of the four of his sons to become publishers. There is no record of a book by Vámbéry being published by a Blacket or Blackett but he may be referring to an essay or article published in a periodical or compilation or an anonymous or pseudonymous work. 'Wedesday' [no date]. On monogram letterhead combining the letters C and A. unknown
1869055007Istanbul: Ceride-i Havadis Matbaasi. AH 1286-1287 = AD 1869-1870 1869. 1st Edition . Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original handsome 1/3 leather bdgs. with attractive decorations at spines. A chipped on the second and a period label on the first volume's spines. Spines are not homogeneous in their artistic style. Roy. 8vo. 24 x 17 cm. In Ottoman script Old Turkish with Arabic letters. 2 volumes set: 412 p.; 398 p. Extremely rare first printed Turkish edition of this first-hand account with a compilation of period sources of 150 dynasties from 1000 AH to c. 1655 self-translated from Arabic by the author of his Arabic work titled "Fadhlakat al-Tawarîh" i.e. The report of history with an addendum for the Ottoman readers by adding what he had seen since 1653. In the book the events starting from 1592 are told in accordance with the classical Islamic historiography tradition and short biographies of the viziers scholars sheikhs poets and famous people who died in that year are given at the end of each year. Hadji Khalifa influenced the Arab and Turkish historiographers who succeeded him in terms of methodology. Hadji Khalifa was the celebrated Ottoman-Turkish polymath and leading literary author of the 17th-century Ottoman Empire. Franz Babinger hailed him "the greatest encyclopaedist among the Ottomans." OCLC lists only three sets: 1030930786 1030930787 One is complete in Orient-Institut in Istanbul; 634635343 634635657 Two are complete in Berlin and München.; Özege 5707. <br/> <br/> Ceride-i Havadis Matbaasi., [AH 1286-1287] = [AD 1869-1870] hardcover
1902056055Constantinople: Daire-yi Umûr-i Sihhiyye = Administration Sanitaire de l'Empire Óttoman Matbaa-i Osmaniye Imprimerie Osmanié & Imprimerie F. Loeffler Lithographie de S. M. I. le Sultan. 1902-1907 1902. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original greenish and yellowish wrappers and hardcover 1317/1901-1902 vol. Folio. 335 x 235 cm. In Ottoman script and French. 4 volumes: 144 p.; 4 150 p.; 12 p. 6 folded statistical tables. The third volume lacks its back cover and has a detached front cover with some staining present; the fourth volume shows wear and tear along the edges. First and only editions of these four exceedingly rare volumes form an invaluable collection presenting the earliest statistical tables that shed light on the diseases most commonly and least frequently encountered in early twentieth-century Ottoman Istanbul the causes of death resulting from illness and other factors average life expectancy and the overall health conditions of the city's population. The registers constitute an exceptional data source as the information is systematically disaggregated by religious affiliation Muslim and non-Muslim age and gender and further classified by neighbourhood and season. The statistical data contained in these registers documenting the causes of death in Istanbul and its surrounding districts is based on information compiled from ten divisions of the Department of Health Affairs as well as from major medical institutions including the Sixth Department Hospital Darü'l-Aceze Haseki Nisa Hospital Gümüssuyu Hospital Gureba-yi Müslimîn Hospital Toptasi Bîmârhâne the French Hospital the Jérémie Hospital established by the French Lazarists the Yedikule Armenian Hospital the Russian Hospital and the Italian British and German hospitals. According to these statistics tuberculosis organic heart failure and pneumonia were among the leading causes of death in Istanbul. Infant and child mortality also occupies a prominent place in the records largely attributable to poverty lack of education and inadequate hygienic conditions. Rare surviving copies from the statistical registers known to have been published between 1899 and 1907 specifically those for the years 1902 two issues 1903 and 1907. All these statistical bulletins are extremely rare; according to WorldCat only three copies are recorded worldwide in institutional holdings. <br/> <br/> Daire-yi Umûr-i Sihhiyye = Administration Sanitaire de l'Empire Óttoman, Matbaa-i Osmaniye, Imprimerie Osmanié & Imprimer paperback
1879008227London : Crown Buildings 188 Fleet Street.: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1879. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In dark blue half morocco over cream paper boards c1988 a few small marks. Spine raised bands gilt tooling & title. Internally lacking title - supplied in facsimile 3 iv-xxxii 1 2-360 pp 3 maps large folding & coloured marbled endpapers & text block edges some faint edge browning. A clever binding by the previous owner. A rare item with only 2 copies at auction since 1895! none online! 217136 mm. <br/> <br/> Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, hardcover
033259503X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0656623578.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0282880887.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2008024521Istanbul: Istanbul Fuar Merkezi = Istanbul Expo Center 2008. Dust jacket. New/New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original bdg. with original dust wrapper. 4to. 30 x 22 cm. 215 p. B/w and color ills. In Turkish. A heavy volume. =La Turquie a l'exposition universelle de 1867. As early as the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London replicas of parts of well-known buildings such as the Alhambra were displayed inside the main structure the Crystal Palace; separate pavilions for different nations outside the main exhibition hall were first built for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1867. By gathering architectural pieces from all over the world the fair grounds introduced the notion of an imaginary journey and created a new type of tourism en place. Architectural displays became indispensable at every fair setting the precedent for the "period room" and the "outdoor architectural museum.". <br/> <br/> Istanbul Fuar Merkezi = Istanbul Expo Center unknown
1918053722Berlin: TLS - Letterhead 'Ambassade Imperiale Ottomane' 1918. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original TLS by Ibrahim Hakki Pasha in French sent to the Minister of Switzerland etc. etc. in French sent to the Minister of Switzerland etc. etc. 26x19 cm. In French. 1 p. 16 lines. Foxing on paper minimal stains. A good paper. Text: "Monsieur le Ministre Naim Bey directeur d'une societe coommerciale a Constantinople et son epouse Mevhibe Hanem ainsi que le medecin Ibrahim Bey directeur et medecin en chef de l'hôpital militaire Chehid Mouhtar desirant se rendre en Suisse pour une dizaine de jours en vue de regler certaines affaires particulieres qui les concernent. Je prie Votre Excellence de vouloir bien donner a qui de droit les ordres necessaires pour que leur passeport soit vise. Veuillez agreer Monsieur le Ministre l'assurance de ma haute cconsideration. Son Excellence Monsieur Mercier Minisre de Suisse etc. etc. etc.". Dated 'Berlin le 13 Juillet 1918'. i.e. Naim Bey director of a trading company in Constantinople and his wife Mevhibe Hanem as well as the doctor Ibrahim Bey director and chief doctor of the military hospital Chehid Mouhtar wishing to go to Switzerland for ten days in order to settle certain specific cases which concern them. I beg Your Excellency to be good enough to give to whom it may concern the necessary orders for their passport to be stamped. Please accept Mr. Minister the assurance of my high consideration. His Excellency Monsieur Mercier Minister of Switzerland etc. etc. etc. ". Dated 'Berlin July 13 1918'. Ibrahim Hakki Pasha 1862-1918 was an Ottoman statesman who served as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire between 1910-1911. He served as Ottoman ambassador to Germany and to the Kingdom of Italy. Hakki Pasha also spent considerable amounts of time in London between February 1913 and the outbreak of World War I working on negotiations concerning the Berlin-Baghdad Railway and a settlement for the Second Balkan War. During that visit Hakki Pasha met with King George VI. He was awarded the Order of Karadorde's Star. <br/> <br/> TLS - Letterhead 'Ambassade Imperiale Ottomane' paperback
1981053241Istanbul: TC Istanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Bizans Sanati Tarihi Kürsüsü Letterhead 1981. No Binding. Fine. Original typescript letter signed by Semavi Eyice. Some autograph corrections as well by Eyice. 31x225 cm. In Turkish. Twenty lines. 7.5.1981 dated. He mentions Fatih Mosque in Silivri which transformed from an old Byzantine church. The letter includes very interesting information Silivri and Selimbria with its ancient name. For instance in the 1960s the district governor of Silivri sold the land of this church/mosque for five Turkish Lira per square meter. In addition to this he says that Silivri is a Turkish district were always destroyed its own historical artifacts. In the continuation of the letter he indicates that he adds to this sending an off-print including his article related to the Byzantine monuments in Thrace and containing mentioned church in Silivri. <br/> <br/> TC Istanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Bizans Sanati Tarihi Kürsüsü Letterhead unknown
1934053697Ankara: Letterhead 'TC Dahiliye Vekâleti Matbuat Umum Müdürlügü' i.e. Turkish Ministry of Internal Affairs Directorate of the Press 1934. No Binding. Very Good. Original typescript letter in French signed 'Dr. Vedat Nedim' mentioned to Monsieur Nasit Hakki Ulug 1902-1977's voyage to Hungary who was depute of Kütahya and redactor of Hakimiyet-i Milliye journal. Dated 9 Juillet 1934. 275x18 cm. In Turkish. 1 p. 'TC Hükümeti' watermarked paper. Text: "Excellence Monsieur Nasit Hakki depute de Kütahya et redacteur du Journal officiel Hakimiyeti Milliye entre-prendra prochainement un voyage d'etude en Europe Centrale Il visitera egalement Voltre beau pays. Serait-il possible de lui accorder l'assistance bienveillante de Voss autorites gouvernementales lors de son sejour en Hongrie Nous apprecierons beaucoup si Vous voulez bien intervenir favorablement aupres de Voss bureaux competents pour lui obtenir le permis de Vos chemins de fer comme nous le faisons a l'egard de Vos Journalistes qui visitent la Turquie. Veuillez agreer Excellence l'assurance de ma tres haute consideration. Le Directeur Generale de le Presse.". Vedat Nedim Tör was born in the city of Istanbul in 1897. He was the son of Ahmet Nedim Servet Tör. He attended Galatasaray High School and completed his higher education at the University of Berlin. Having taken his Ph.D. in economics he returned to Turkey. He served as the director at the Ankara State Radio and Directorate General of Press and Information. His writings were published in the newspapers Cumhuriyet and Vatan. Vedat Nedim among the founders of Istanbul and Ankara State Radios also served as a culture and art consultant for Yapii Kredi Bank and Akbank. Among the stage plays he scripted were Issizler 1924 Kör 1935 Degisen Adam 1941 Hep ve Hiç 1951 and Halici Kiz 1975. Many of his theatre scripts were staged by several theater companies. Further his play Halici Kiz was adapted to the silver screen by Muhsin Ertugrul in 1953. Vedat Nedim Tör passed away on April 8 1985 in Istanbul. <br/> <br/> Letterhead 'TC Dahiliye Vekâleti Matbuat Umum Müdürlügü' [i.e. Turkish Ministry of Internal Affairs Directorate of the Pres unknown
1954052810Istanbul: Resimli Hayat Aylik Dergi Letterhead 1954. No Binding. Very Good. Original typescript letter signed by Vedat Nedim Tör to an unnamed recipient including an invitation that the new place of the new publishing house of Hayat Dogan Kardes Printing House located in Municipality Klodfarer Street and a meeting on Turkish theater on March 11 1954. Dated I.III.1954. 21x17 cm. In Turkish. 1 p. "Hayat" i.e. Life magazine letterhead. Vedat Nedim Tör was born in the city of Istanbul in 1897. He was the son of Ahmet Nedim Servet Tör. He attended Galatasaray High School and completed his higher education at the University of Berlin. Having taken his Ph.D. in economics he returned to Turkey. He served as the director at the Ankara State Radio and Directorate General of Press and Information. His writings were published in the newspapers Cumhuriyet and Vatan. Vedat Nedim among the founders of Istanbul and Ankara State Radios also served as a culture and art consultant for Yapii Kredi Bank and Akbank. Among the stage plays he scripted were Issizler 1924 Kör 1935 Degisen Adam 1941 Hep ve Hiç 1951 and Halici Kiz 1975. Many of his theatre scripts were staged by several theater companies. Further his play Halici Kiz was adapted to the silver screen by Muhsin Ertugrul in 1953. Vedat Nedim Tör passed away on April 8 1985 in Istanbul. <br/> <br/> Resimli Hayat Aylik Dergi Letterhead unknown
1976051585Bruxelles: Agence Info-Türk Section de Recherche-Tradution-Documentation 1976. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Foolscap 8vo. 17 x 12 cm. In French. 44 p. Turquie et le Monde d'Aujourd'hui. "La principale force democratique en Turquie comme ailleurs. C'estla classe ouvrere qui fait entendre sa voix par son propre parti politique. Apres le Coup d'Etat Militaire du 12 Mars 1971 une dure repression s'abattit sur la classe ouvriere et son parti politique legal fut inderdit mais le masse ouvriere sortit de cette periode de repression plus ferme et plus decidee. Sur cette base solide se fonde et se developpe le parti politique de la classe ouvriere.". Behice Boran was a Turkish Marxist politician author and sociologist. As a dissenting political voice from the left Boran was repeatedly imprisoned for her work and died in exile after the Turkish military coup of 1980. Boran was born in Bursa to Volga Tatar parents whose families had settled in the Ottoman Empire during the 1890s. She graduated from American College for Girls in Istanbul Turkey and studied sociology at the University of Michigan in the United States. She received her PhD on sociology in 1939 from Michigan and was involved in Marxism. She was nominated to Ankara University Faculty of Language and History-Geography AÜ DTCF as an associate professor. She also joined the clandestine Communist Party of Turkey TKP and began publishing left-wing periodicals Yurt ve Dünya English: Motherland and World and Adimlar English: Steps which led to her sacking from the university. In 1950 she led the formation of the Turkish Peacelovers Association which protested against Turkey's participation the Korean War which led to her arrest and a sentence of 15 months in prison. Between 1965-69 Boran served as a deputy from the Workers Party of Turkey TIP in the Turkish parliament. In 1970 she assumed the leadership of the party. She was arrested after the military coup of 1971 and sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment. After she was released following an amnesty she re-established the TIP in 1975. After the military coup of 1980 Boran went into exile in Europe living as a political refugee in Sofia Brussels and Düsseldorf. In 1987 she announced that TIP and TKP had decided to merge. She died soon after this press conference from heart disease in Brussels Belgium. She was 77 years old. Her body was brought to Istanbul and her funeral turned into a mass demonstration the first public show of force of Turkey's left-wing movement after the coup. Wikipedia. <br/> <br/> Agence Info-Türk Section de Recherche-Tradution-Documentation paperback
1840177838circa 1840-1850s. Pair of hand-coloured lithographs highlighted with gum arabic 32.2 x 25.1 cm trimmed spotting to the upper corners affecting the sky only paper adhesions on the verso but the images in very good bright condition. Two finely coloured lithographs one of a Turkish Sultan in military costume with the skyline of Constantinople in the background and another of lower rank perhaps issued in the period of the Crimean War. Trimmed and possibly from an album or scrapbook. . unknown
1928053485Istanbul: Servet-i Fünûn - Ahmed Ihsan Matbaasi i.e. Printing House" Letterhad 1928. No Binding. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original manuscript autograph letter/document signed by Muhtar Halid sent to the presidency of the Republican Party of Turkey in Ankara. 205x135 cm. In Ottoman script. Dated September 23 1928. Six lines. Two punching holes out of text on the paper. The document says that 26.000 alphabets 57.000 brochures and pamphlets and 100.000 are printed and will be sent to the 'Cumhuriyet Halk Firkasi' i.e. Republican Party CHF - CHP in Ankara city. This rare autograph documents how widespread and comprehensive work was done to switch from Arabic letters to Latin letters during the Letter Revolution in 1928. "Muhtar Halid Kitabhanesi i.e. Printing House of Muhtar Halid was located on Bâb-i Alî i.e. The Sublime Port main street number 17; a place where is located old Izmir Terzihanesi i.e. Old Smyrna Taylor Shop. Muhtar Halid was the Late period Ottoman / Turkish typographer the elder brother of the famous Turkish typographer and translator of Ahmed Ihsan Tokgöz 1868-1942 and the owner of 'Muhtar Halid Kitabhanesi'. He worked together with his brother's printing and publishing house especially when he was publishing 'Servet-i Fün'un' periodicals. Servet-i Fünûn i.e. The Wealth of Knowledge was a long-running and an avant-garde literary and sometimes political periodical and journal or magazine. It's published to support the Ittihat ve Terakki Cemiyeti i.e. The Union and Progress Society later Party initially by Ahmed Ihsan Tokgöz. Source: Tanzimat'tan Cumhuriyet'e Tarihi Kentsel Çevrede Mekânlar Üzerinden Bir Semt Okumasi: Cagaloglu Semti Örnegi by Melek Yalvaç Ph.D. Thesis. <br/> <br/> Servet-i Fünûn - Ahmed Ihsan Matbaasi [i.e. Printing House]" Letterhad unknown
6263Paris 7 June 1847 and Seaux 14 August 1854. One page each 8vo minor stains and creasing good condition. 1847 He describes a colleague a "M. de La Roquette" for some years Secretary to the "Societe de geographie". whom he understands to be working on Turkey. "Je me de lui indiquer un ouvrage Special sur Constantinople son historie ses monuments . . . " He wishes to avail himself of his correspondent's knowledge of "bibliographie" to help his colleague. 1854 He has left with his correspondent's concierge two books loaned by the latter a copy of the map which accompanies his book "Voyage dans la Turquie d'Europe" and a letter from "M. Elie de Beamont "qui fera bonne figure dans votre collection d'autographes". He gives his response to the books which were lent to him. Note from BnF: "Géologueses travaux embrassent également la météorologie la géographie l'ethnographie. Membre 1833 trésorier 1843 et enfin président 1858 de la Société Géologique de France. Fondateur de la Société de météorologie de France 1850 membre de la Société Philomathique. Il s'occupe essentiellement de la partie continentale de la Turquie Macédoine Albanie Thessalie. et de la Thrace 1847-1848." Two letters Paris, 7 June 1847 and Seaux, 14 August [1854?]. unknown
1816175252Philadelphia.: Carey Mathew and Warner Benjamin. 1816. Engraved map 19 x 22.3 cm original folds some offsetting to the map marginal browning and staining small archival repairs to the outer margin but in good condition. Fine map Plate 19 prepared for Carey and Benjamin's "General Atlas.". . (Carey, Mathew and Warner, Benjamin). unknown
1899000432<p>Basra – Ottoman Imperial Authority<br />Basra Vilayet Department 1317 AH / 1899 AD</p><p>First edition of the third official provincial report salname / administrative report issued by the Vilayet of Basra during a critical period of political and strategic tension in southern Iraq and the Arabian Gulf under the reign of Sultan Abdülhamid II.<br />Printed in Basra this volume represents one of the earliest locally produced Ottoman governmental publications from the province. The work consists of 172 pages of Ottoman Turkish text and was issued in original printer's wrappers bearing the Ottoman coat of arms and the tughra of Sultan Abdülhamid II on the cover.</p><p>The report provides a comprehensive and official survey of administrative military and political conditions throughout the vilayet and its dependent sanjaks and kazas including:</p><p><br />Basra<br />Amara<br />Muntafiq Nasiriyya<br />Zubayr<br />Ahsa al-AḥsÄʾ<br />Najd<br />Kuwait<br />Qatar</p><p>Of particular historical importance are the named references to key regional political figures including Shaykh MubÄrak al-á¹¢abÄḥ Kaymakam of Kuwait and members of the Ä€l ThÄnÄ« family of Qatar providing valuable contemporary documentation of Ottoman administrative recognition and authority in the Gulf.</p><p><br />Format: 8vo 7¾–9¾ in.<br />Pagination: 172 pp.<br />Language: Ottoman Turkish<br />Edition: First edition<br />Condition: As new. Original wrappers very lightly stained; three small neat wormholes. Otherwise as issued and in excellent condition.</p><p><br />A rare and highly significant primary source for late Ottoman governance in Basra and the Arabian Gulf documenting imperial authority regional administration and local power structures on the eve of the twentieth century.</p> The Ottoman authority, Basra dept.
1892000167Very rare report in English Arabic and Ottoman Turkish. Binding tooled in gold with Ottoman Tughra of the Sultan Abdul Hamid II . Marbled inner paper and edges sprinkled in gold. Privately prepared for the high level officials in the Ottoman state. Gilbert and Rivington Limited hardcover
1912054651Istanbul: Matbaa-i Ijtihad. AH 1328 1912. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. 8vo. 18 x 12 cm. In Ottoman script Old Turkish with Arabic letters. 80 p. Probably taken from a volume. Minor wear on spine. Light fading on pages. Otherwise a very good copy. This interesting very rare and also pseudo-historical first book penned specifically on the Yezîdî people by an Ottoman statesman initially prepared as a report and then published in 1912 before WWI in Ottoman Cairo. One of only three written Eastern sources about this interesting community that has been subject to extremely controversial approaches throughout history. The first is the travel corpus of Evliya Çelebi the second is 'Abede-i Iblis' and the third is "Al-Yazidiyya Kadîmen wa Hadisen" which was published in Arabic in Beirut in 1934. Yezîdîs a member of a Kurdish religious minority found primarily in northern Iraq southeastern Turkey northern Syria the Caucasus region and parts of Iran. The Yezîdî religion includes elements of ancient Iranian religions as well as elements of Judaism Nestorian Christianity and Islam. Although scattered and probably numbering merely between 200000 and 1000000 the Yezîdîs have a well-organized society with a chief sheikh as the supreme religious head and an emir or prince as the secular head. The origins of the Yezîdî faith can be traced to areas of the Kurdish mountains of northern Iraq where pockets of devotion to the fallen Umayyad dynasty persisted long after the death of the last Umayyad caliph the half-Kurdish Marwan II in 750. Some descendants of the dynasty settled in the area further encouraging the development of mystical traditions in which the Umayyad lineage was prominently figured. In the early 12th century Sheikh 'Adî ibn Musâfir a Sufi and a descendant of the Umayyads settled in Lâlish north of Mosul and began a Sufi order known as the Adwiyyah. Although his own teachings were strictly orthodox the beliefs of his followers soon blended with local traditions. A distinct Yezîdî community living in the environs of Mosul appears in historical sources as early as the middle of the 12th century. This book includes descriptions of the Yezîdîs albeit all the prejudices within it on their geography origins mythology religions cosmogony etc. The book has a long chapter on Yezîdîs' chief divine Malak âûs or Tavus "Peacock Angel". Malak Taus has often been identified by outsiders with the Judeo-Christian figure of Satan causing the Yezîdîs to be inaccurately described as "Devil worshippers" as seen in this pseudo-historical book as well. Özege 24.; OCLC 83228795. <br/> <br/> Matbaa-i Ijtihad., [AH 1328] paperback
1890055735Cairo: Matbaa-i Muhammed Efendi Mustafa. AH 1307 1890. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Contemporary black cloth title-lettered gilt on spine. 4to. 28 x 20 cm. In Ottoman script and Arabic. 72 p. 45 tables on 79 p. Covers are preserved inside foxing on the front cover and chippings on extremities. Otherwise a good/fair copy. Extremely rare first and only edition printed in Cairo suggesting a uniform Hegira calendar for all Muslim nations including an early guide to converting between the Hegira and Gregorian calendars written by the Ottoman scientist and military leader Ahmed Muhtar Pasha. Ahmed Muhtar was born on 1 November 1839 to a Turkish family in Bursa in the Ottoman Empire and was educated at the Ottoman Military College in Istanbul. His father was merchant Halil Efendi. He eventually became a professor and then governor of the school. In 1856 he served as an adjutant during the Crimean War. In 1862 he was a staff officer in the disastrous Montenegrin campaign. Between 1870 and 1871 he quelled rebellions in Yemen. He gained the titles of Pasha and Marshal and in 1873 was made commander of the Second Army Corps holding the position until 1876. During the 1875 uprisings in Bosnia and Herzegovina he assumed control of the Turkish forces there. On the outbreak of the Russo-Turkish War 1877-1878 he was sent to take charge of operations in Erzurum. Although the Russians ultimately defeated the Ottomans in the war Muhtar's victories against them on the eastern front won him the title Gazi "The Victorious". In 1879 Ahmed Muhtar Pasha was appointed the commander of the Ottoman Empire's frontier with Greece before being sent in 1885 to serve as the Ottoman High Commissioner in Egypt. The rare bilingual first edition of work on chronology. It advocates a uniform solar Hijri year from all Muslim nations. The well-known diplomat and scholar Ahmed Muhtar Pasha first High Commissioner of the Porte in Egypt. Özege 8163.; TBTK 1886.; Sarkis 399 & 1950.; Not in GAL.; GOW 378.; Tahir III 300. OCLC 464314041 283797987 745305373 956980987. <br/> <br/> Matbaa-i Muhammed Efendi Mustafa., [AH 1307] hardcover
1917000214<p><strong>We believe this to be the first complete collection of its kind</strong> including several items that we have not encountered in public libraries or archival sources. In any case it represents the most comprehensive collection of issues that we have traced over a period of twenty-five years of Ottoman state publications many of which are difficult to assemble. The collection essentially consists of official reports most of which were prepared by the two ambassadors <strong>Fakhr al-Din Rûm Bey Oğlu</strong> and <strong>Muhammad Nâbi</strong>. These reports are highly restricted official documents.</p>Description of the Collection<p>The reports were prepared in <strong>Ottoman Turkish</strong> except for four items written in modern Turkish after the alphabet reform; these were prepared by <strong>İsmail Hakkı Tevfik</strong> and <strong>Abdulgani Seni Bey</strong>.</p>1. <em>Najd Issue</em> Najd Question<p>Ottoman Turkish report published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Istanbul 1918. 15 pages octavo.<br />Prepared by Ambassador Fakhr al-Din Rûm Bey Oğlu and the Ottoman Ambassador in Rome Muhammad Nâbi dated 11 March 1917.</p><p>The report discusses the political borders of Ottoman Najd; the treaty signed between Süleyman Şefik Pasha and Abdulaziz ibn Saud; the Ottoman–British treaty concerning Najd including Qatar; and the Ottoman treaty with Ibn Saud converting Najd from a <em>mutasarrifate</em> into a province <em>vilayet</em> appointing Ibn Saud as governor and commander-in-chief including military organization.</p><p>Topics include:<br />Midhat Pasha's report; Wahhabis; the conflict between Saud and Abdullah ibn Faisal; the sheikhs of Muscat Mukalla Oman Hadhramaut and Bahrain and their relations with Britain; Saudi movements along eastern Najd; Ottoman naval response under Midhat Pasha; the administrative difficulty of Najd; support of Mubarak al-Sabah for the Ottomans; coercion of Abdullah al-Faisal to sign the al-Ahsa treaty; Ibn Rashid's advances; tribal dynamics; British support of Al-Sabah; British protection; Ibn Saud and the Muntafiq sheikh; Ottoman–Wahhabi agreements 10 April 1905; British protests regarding Ibn Saud's border violations and interference in Qatar and Oman; the 12-article Ottoman–Ibn Saud treaty of 12 July 1913 including the separation of Qatar from Najd; maritime boundaries; recognition of Jasim Al Thani; compensation to the Sheikh of Bahrain.</p>2. <em>Muscat Issue</em><p>Ottoman Turkish report Ministry of Foreign Affairs Istanbul 1918. 6 pages.<br />Prepared by Fakhr al-Din Rûm Bey Oğlu and Muhammad Nâbi dated 27 November 1916.</p><p>Covers Muscat modern Oman the Imamate foreign involvement Ottoman views rejecting Muscat's independence from the Arabian Peninsula; relations between Najd Muscat and British India; strategic location; occupation history; Al-Sa'id relations with Wahhabis; British and French recognition of Omani independence in 1862; Ottoman perspective on Oman's connection to Arabia.</p>3. <em>Qatar Coasts Issue</em><p>Prepared 8 January 1917. Printed at the Imperial Press. 7 pages plus 9 pages of French appendices.</p><p>Topics include British expansion from Bahrain to Qatar; Ottoman claims; British intervention since 1891; correspondence with the Ottoman state; Bahrain–Qatar disputes over Zubarah and al-'Udayd; appointment of Abd al-Rahman Al Thani; British encroachments; Qatar within the Kuwait treaty framework; confirmation of Jassim Al Thani's authority in 1913.</p>4. <em>Kuwait Issue</em><p>Fakhr al-Din Rûm Bey Oğlu & Muhammad Nâbi. Imperial Press Istanbul 1334 AH. 34 pages.</p><p>Geography population sect history of Al-Sabah; Ottoman administration of Baghdad and Basra; British policy; secret treaties 1899–1904; borders; railways; maritime flags; taxation refusal; British attempts to place Kuwait under protection; Ottoman responses; oil islands Bubiyan Khor Abdullah; Sheikh's declaration of being an officer in the British army. Dated 31 August 1918.</p>5. <em>Basra Gulf Issue</em> Bahrain Qatar Pirate Coast/Emirates<p>İsmail Hakkı Tevfik. Ankara 1931. 32 pages.<br />Political tribal and documentary history in Turkish English and French.</p>6. <em>Irrigation in Arabia</em><p>Fakhr al-Din Rûm Bey Oğlu & Muhammad Nâbi. 14 pages.<br />Ottoman irrigation projects; British interference since 1910; German involvement.</p>7. <em>Asir Revolt of 1911</em><p>Report by Consul General İsmail Hakkı. 31 pages.<br />Ottoman military actions; Idrisi revolt; tribal loyalties; Wahhabi involvement; detailed military maps.</p>8. <em>Aqaba Issue</em><p>By Rashdi Infantry Brigade Commander. Istanbul 1326 AH. 154 pages.<br />Ottoman–British relations; Egypt's role; Hijaz railway; Aqaba dispute.</p>9. <em>War in Arabia between Ibn Saud and the Imam of Yemen</em><p>By Abdülgani Sünni Bey. Ankara 1934. 20 pages.<br />Unique copy. Covers causes tribal alignments Asir Aden Najran foreign involvement.</p>10. <em>Guide to the Gulf of Aden</em><p>Ottoman Turkish. Istanbul 1310 AH. 276 pages.<br />Includes maps; authored by naval officer Süleyman Nutqi.</p>11. <em>Tripoli Benghazi and the Twelve Islands Issue</em><p>Report dated 27 November 1916. 24 pages French treaty texts.<br />Ottoman North Africa American conflicts Italian ambitions Lausanne Treaty.</p>12. <em>Sheikh Sa'id Island Issue</em><p>Istanbul 1916. 4 pages.<br />Strategic Bab al-Mandab island dispute with France.</p>13. <em>Palestine Issue – Zionist Claims</em><p>Istanbul 3 March 1918. 43 pages.<br />Origins of Zionism; European diplomacy; Jerusalem administration.</p>14. <em>Notes on the Iraq War</em><p>Military Press 1333 AH. 88 pages.<br />Translated from English for official use only. Rare.</p>15. <em>Bahrain Issue</em><p>Report dated 8 January 1917. 12 pages French texts.<br />History British protection treaties 1820–1898 inclusion in 1913 Gulf treaty.</p>16. <em>Muhammarah Issue</em><p>Report dated 1 March 1917. 8 pages.<br />Borders oil Sheikh Khaz'al Anglo-Iranian-Ottoman relations.</p>17. <em>Oil Concessions in Arabia</em><p>Report dated 26 March 1917. 9 pages English treaty.<br />Mosul Baghdad Basra Shell Najd Kuwait.</p>18. <em>Baghdad Issue</em><p>Report dated 31 August 1917. 53 pages French texts.<br />Baghdad Railway; British–Ottoman rivalry; Gulf politics.</p>19. <em>Farasan Islands Issue</em><p>Report dated 28 November 1916. 8 pages.<br />German coal depot request; British occupation; oil and gas.</p>20. <em>Hadhramaut Issue</em><p>Report dated 11 March 1917. 6 pages.<br />Tribal governance; British relations via Aden.</p>21. <em>Aden and the Nine Districts</em><p>Report dated 27 November 1916. 39 pages French annexes.<br />Portuguese Ottoman British rule; Yemen administration; sovereignty claims.</p>22. <em>Memorandum on British Claims Regarding the Baghdad Line and Basra Gulf</em><p>Istanbul 21 January 1911. 35 pages appendices.<br />Detailed diplomatic negotiations since 1903.</p>23. <em>Guide to the Red Sea</em><p>Istanbul 1307 AH. 459 pages.<br />Comprehensive nautical and railway guide with ports and routes.</p>24. <em>South Arabia Issue</em> Hadhramaut Socotra etc.<p>İsmail Hakkı Tevfik. Bulgaria 1935. 132 pages with photographs and maps.</p>25. <em>The Egyptian Issue</em><p>Prepared March 1918. 186 pages.<br />Ottoman legal and political analysis of Egypt from Muhammad Ali to British occupation.</p>26. <em>Shatt al-Arab Issue</em><p>Istanbul 1917. 30 pages.<br />1913 treaty with Britain; navigation borders Iran Muhammarah.</p><p><strong>Note</strong><br />İsmail Hakkı Tevfik was a senior Ottoman and Republican diplomat and son-in-law of Sultan Mehmed VI. Fakhr al-Din Rûm Bey Oğlu and Muhammad Nâbi were leading Ottoman statesmen. Other contributors include Süleyman Nutqi naval officer and Abdulgani Seni Bey later a key Republican thinker.</p><ul><li><strong> 26 items</strong></li></ul> Ottoman Ministry of Foreign Affairs paperback
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2019052883Istanbul: Koç Üniversitesi Stavros Niarchos Vakfi Geç Antik Çag ve Bizans Arastirmalari Merkezi / Istanbul Arkeoloji Müzeleri / TC Kültür Bakanligi 2019. Hardcover. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. In one slip-case two volumes set: One is HC One is PB. 4to. 29 x 22 cm. Parallel text in English and Turkish. 2 volumes set: 93 1 p.; 1 folded huge reprinted color panorama. The panorama of the Marmara Sea Walls by Dimitriadis Efendi. Texts & The Panorama.= Dimitriadis Efendi'nin Marmara Sahil Surlari panoramasi. Yazilar & Panorama. Foreworded by Zeynep Kiziltan. Preface by Engin Akyürek. Texts by Üzeyir Altekin Nisa Semiz. "The 28-metre-long depiction of Marmara Sea Walls rendered in watercolour by the Istanbulite Chief Engineer Dimtriadis Effendy in 1875 has been preserved at he Istanbul Archaeological Museums since it was donated to Müze-i Hümâyûn The Imperial Museum in 1917. This publication was prepared in order to introduce this important document which has been available to be studied by scholars to a wider audience. Also within the scope of the project to be able to allow the preservation of the original document a one to one scale copy of the scroll was produced and presented to the Museum.". Dimitriadis Efendi is the son of Dimitri Efendi ofthe Ottoman Greeks. He studied at the Greek school in Beyoglu and later at the French Missionary Schools and received lessonsin mathematics from a private teacher. He was speaking Turkish and able to read and write in French and Greek. In 1871 he joined the Greek Philosophical Syllogos of Constantinople. He acted as a permanent member of the Archaeological Committee of the Society between 1871 and 1876 and as a member of the Science Committee of the Society from 1876 to 1882. He gave lectures on Practical Geometry Applied Geometry and Applied Engineering. On 31 May 1882 he was appointed as the Umûr-u Nâfia Mühendisi of the Province of Thessaloniki. In consideration of his services he was later decorated with the Fourth class of the Order of Medjidie on 22 September 1890 and to being promoted to the rank of assistant chief engineer he was also appointed as the structural ccommissioner of waterworks. His Marmara Sea Walls is a drawing and watercolour on paper with a size of 477x2800 cm. The lower righthand corner bears the signature of G. A. Demetriades dated 1875. The scroll contains the Marmara Sea façade of the Istanbul Walls starting from the Seraglio Point and reaching all the way to the section located just before Yedikule. It could be observed that the names of some doors mosques pavilions and piers were marked on the scroll with a pencil sometimes in Arabic and at other times in Latin letters. The expressions written in pencil on certain parts of the walls and bastions.". Contents: The panorama of the Marmara Sea Walls by Dimitriadis Efendi.; Foreword by Zeynep Kiziltan.; Preface by Engin Akyürek.; Chief Engineer Dimitridis Efendi by Üzeyir Altekin.; Evaluations on the panorama of the Marmara Sea Walls by DImitriadis Efendi by Nisa Semiz.; And the Panorama volume including the folded color original huge panorama in its wrapper. <br/> <br/> Koç Üniversitesi Stavros Niarchos Vakfi Geç Antik Çag ve Bizans Arastirmalari Merkezi / Istanbul Arkeoloji Müzeleri / TC Kà hardcover