Search Results: Arabica from Khalkedon Rare Books, IOBA, ESA

Ankara: Ankara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Dis Münasebetler Enstitüsü Yayinlari / Sevinç Matbaasi, 1966. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. [viii], 135, [9] p. 1860-1861 Suriye buhrani: Osmanli diplomasisinden bir örnek olay.

Kostantiniyyah (Constantinople): Darü't-Tibaatü'l-Âmîre., [AH 1265], 1849. 1st Edition . Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In contemporary fine black 1/3 leather bdg. Decorated gilt to spine. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 112 p. Extremely rare first edition of this Nabi's first-hand account of Mecca, Medina and the Hejaz during his pilgrimage in the late 17th century. This is the most celebrated literary pilgrimage narrative written in Ottoman Turkish. Nabi (1642-1712) was one of the prominent Ottoman poets and is considered a foremost exponent of the didactic trend (hikem-i tarz) in Ottoman Turkish literature. Nabi, whose given name was Yusuf, was born in Urfa (then known as Ruha) in 1052/1642. In 1082/1671 he took part in the Ottoman military campaign in Poland, in the retinue of Müsahib Pasha, (1640-1686). Having spent thirteen years in Istanbul, Nabi desired to go on a… Read More

N. p. : N. p. (18-19th century). Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original b/w lithographer print of Medina. 21,5x17,5 cm. In Arabic. 1 p. [A FINE LITHOGRAPHED MEDINA] Medina al-Munawwara ali sâhibhâ afzal al-tahiyya. It shows Medina city with its building and walls besides its environment. Medina is the capital of the Al-Madinah Region in Saudi Arabia. At the city's heart is al-Masjid an-Nabawi ('The Prophet's Mosque'), which is the burial place of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. Medina is one of the three holiest cities in Islam, the other two being Mecca and Jerusalem. Medina was Muhammad's destination in his Hijrah (migration) from Makkah, and became the capital of a rapidly increasing Muslim Empire, under Muhammad's leadership, serving as the power base of Islam, and where Muhammad's Ummah (Community), composed of both locals and immigrants from Muhammad's original home of Mecca, developed. Medina is home to three… Read More

N. p. : N. p. (18-19th century). Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original b/w lithographer print of Mecca. 21,5x17,5 cm. In Arabic. 1 p. [A FINE LITHOGRAPHER MECCA] Mecca al-Mukarrama Zad Al-Lah Sharifhâ al-ayyum al-qaima. It shows Mecca city with its building like Kaba, and walls besides its environment. Mecca is a city in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia. The city is located 70 km (43 mi) inland from Jeddah, in a narrow valley 277 m (909 ft) above sea level, 340 kilometres (210 mi) south of Medina, its population in 2012 was 2 million, although visitors more than triple this number every year during the ?ajj ("Pilgrimage"), held in the twelfth Muslim lunar month of Dhûl-Hijjah. It is the birthplace of Muhammad, a cave 3 km (2 mi) from Mecca was the site of Muhammad's first revelation of the Quran, and a pilgrimage to it, known as the Hajj, is obligatory for all able Muslims. Mecca is home to the Kaaba, one of Islam's holiest sites… Read More

Istanbul: Resimli Kitab., [AH 1327], 1910. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. With a pictorial cover. Large roy. 8vo. (23 x 18 cm). In Ottoman script [and French on the cover]. 355-442 pp., ills. Bilingual cover is written 'Medeniyet Ordusu Yemen çöllerinde' and 'L!Armee dans le Desert de Yemen' bilingual in Turkish with Arabic script and in French. [i.e. The Ottoman civilized army in the desert of Yemen]. Extremely rare.

Istanbul: Sems Matbaasi., [1328 AH], 1912. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First and Only Ottoman Turkish translation and compilation (also in any Turkish / Turkic language) of 12th-century mystic Arab poet Ibn al-Farid [or Fariz] poems, with Mevlevi poet Nazim Pasha's annotations. This rare book includes Yaiyyah, Mimiyyah, and Raiyyah qasidahs styles of classical Arabic verse. Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 13 cm). In Ottoman script (Turkish with Arabic letters). 159 p. Ibn Farid was born in Cairo of Ayyubid Egypt to parents from Hama in Syria, lived for some time in Mecca, and died in Cairo. His poetry is entirely Sufic and he was esteemed as the greatest mystic poet of the Arabs. Some of his poems are said to have been written in ecstasies. The poetry of Shaykh Umar Ibn al-Farid is considered by many to be the pinnacle of Arabic mystical verse, though surprisingly he is not widely known in the West. Ibn al-Farid's two masterpieces are The Wine… Read More

Kostantiniyye [Constantinople]: Darü't-Tibaatü'l-Âmire Tas Destgâhi., [AH 1273], 1858. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In contemporary cloth bdg. Marbled boards and original red end-papers. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). Bilingual in Arabic (Marginal texts are in Arabic) and Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters. [1] blank page, [2] index, [1] blank page, 97 p., two folded early lithographed plates of Mecca and Medina. Slight stains on the extremities of the page corners. Overall a very good copy. Lithographed edition. The extremely rare first edition of this early bilingual work on the rites and ceremonies for the Islamic pilgrims in the Arabian Peninsula, with attractive lithographed plates of Mecca and Medina. The book includes the first-hand pilgrimage experiences of the author. "Manasik" is the whole of rites and ceremonies that have to be performed by Islamic pilgrims in and around Mecca. The… Read More

Istanbul: Kardes Matbaasi, 1952. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Original illustrated wrappers. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Turkish. [12], 244 p., 88 b/w plates, and maps. Some markings on the first map in red pencil, with slight creasing on the spine and rear cover. Otherwise a very good copy. Scarce first edition of this first-hand account and detailed description of Yemen, written by Ehiloglu, who served as the Judicial Adviser in the 7th Corps in Yemen during eight years between the pre-First World War and the Armistice of Mudros. This richly illustrated book includes the b/w photos of inhabitants, architectural buildings, topography, artisans, and the army of Yemen. Three photos show Ehiloglu in disguise in a local dress of the region. Two maps of the region are included. The book includes the descriptions in an eye-witnessed and first-hand account of why he came to Yemen and the route through the Suez Canal, his mission in Yemen, the geography and history of the region, the places he… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1936. Dust jacket. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original publisher's brown cloth. Titles to spines in gilt. Dust wrappers. 4to. (26 x 20 cm). 2 volumes set: (674 p., 696 p., Doughty's portrait on the frontispiece, 2 large folding maps (colour map on a folded plate at end of each volume: "A sketch map itinerarium of part of northwestern Arabia and Negd [Najd]"), folding topographic panoramas, many illustrations in text, numbered plates in colour and b/w. Slight browning and light chippings on top and lower of dust jackets. Overall, a very good set. Scarce set in this condition, of this "new and definitive edition", with an introduction by Lawrence of Arabia (1888-1935). This "first and indispensable work upon the Arabs of the desert -and if it has not always been referred to, or enough read, that has been because it was excessively rare-" (Lawrence), including a detailed travel account of the Middle East and… Read More

[Cairo]: Matbaat al-Bahiyyat al-Amirah., [AH 1303], 1887. 2nd Edition . Leather. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Contemporary fine calf with traditional flap, decorative papers in flower design covered boards. 4to. (27,5 x 20 cm). In Arabic. 4, [1], 299 p. Framed text with second work of Al-Qârî on the margins. Chipped extremities on the panels, cracked lines on the front panel, foxing on papers, several markings in red ink, and contemporary repair of a minimal tear on the last page; overall a good copy. Complete title: Sharh al-Imam al-'âlim al-'allâmah al-habr al-bahr al-fahhâmah wahîd dahrihi wa-farîd 'asrihi Mullâ 'Alî Qârî al-musamma al-Maslak al-mutaqassit fî al-mansik al-mutawassit 'alâ Lubâb al-manâsik lil-Shaykh al-Imâm Rahmat Allâh al-Sindhî. Wa-bi-hâmishihi Kitâb Ad'iyat al-hajj wa-al-'umrah wa-mâ yata'allaqu… Read More

Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale, 1831. 2nd Edition . Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original brown quarter leather bdg., five raised bands to spine; title and volume numbers lettered in gilt. An old label on the spine. Professionally repaired spine. Slight foxing on pages. Overall a very good set. Demy 8vo. (22 x 14 cm). In French. 2 volumes set: ([xxxiv] [numbered mistakenly], 608 p., viii numbered folded plates; [xii], 697 p.). Early original corrected and enlarged (second) French edition, of this comprehensive orientalist Arabic grammar of the 19th century with its attractive plates, written by French linguist De Sacy, fifteen years later he became the first and only professor of Arabic in the newly founded school of living Eastern languages (École speciale des langues orientales vivantes). First edition 1810. The first volume is opening with the introduction of this enlarged second edition and preface for the first edition. A detailed description of… Read More

Beyrut: Al-Dâr al-Sharqiyya / Al-Tibaa't al-Awwali, 1967. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original pictorial wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Arabic. 169, [1] p., many ills. First Beirut Edition and early edition in Arabic literature of this classic novel by Salih, who is one of Sudan's greatest authors of the twentieth century. The story is set in the fictional village of Wad Hamid, the same setting as Salih's famous Season of Migration to the North. It is a comic novella, centering on the unlikely nuptials of the town's eccentric Zein. Tall and odd-looking, with just two teeth in his mouth, Zein has made a reputation for himself as the man who falls in love over and over with girls who promptly marry other men, to the point where mothers seek him out in hopes that he will draw the eye of available suitors to their eligible daughters. "The Wedding of Zein" was made into a drama in Libya and won Kuwaiti filmmaker Khalid Siddiq an… Read More

Qirkuk: Al-Shirket al-Islamiyye., [c. 1956], 1956. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Arabic. 63, [1] p., 1 portrait of Atilhan. First edition of this Arabic edition of Turkish "Kendi vesikalarina go?re Masonluk nedir?" [i.e. What is Freemasonry according to their own documents?], written by Atilhan who was a Turkish career officer and antisemitic writer, who was one of the initiators of the 1934 Thrace pogroms. It was published in Iraq, probably Qirkuk (The phone number of the publishing house is written on the cover). During the Turkish War of Independence, Atilhan was appointed as the commander of the Zonguldak-Bartin and Havalisi Fronts. It prevented the spread of the French Army in this region. Upon the victory of the War of Independence, he left the army and went into writing. In his anti-semitic book "Suzy Liberman, Jewish Spy", in 1935 the Turkish Army gave the order to buy… Read More

Istanbul: Mahmud Bey Matbaasi., [H.: 1325]. , 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In contemporary cloth bdg. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 13 cm). In Ottoman script. 88, [1] p. Usûl-i tedris-i Arabî. Mösyö Ahn'in usûlünden muktebesdir. Translated by Ismail Hemeti b. Osman. Ismail Hâmeti is one of the teachers of Beirut Idadî School. First Edition is published in 1898 in Beyrut. The Ministry of Education of the period made some changes in the program regarding the method of teaching Arabic translation and speaking. Additionally, he wanted the change to include the program of the sixth and seventh classes of "Idadîs". In accordance with this change made by the Ministry of Education, this book was started immediately since there were no books to be taught in Arabic teaching, and it was also published after the education by the Ministry of Education, with its 422 numbered permission on August 11, 1914. The method… Read More

Sarajevo: Izdanje Vakufske Direkcije / Drzavna Stamparija u Sarajevu., 1936-1937, 1936. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original publisher's green cloths. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). Bilingual in Bosnian and Arabic. 2 volumes set: (289 p.; 216 p., 80 p. text in completely Arabic). First edition of this uncommon set of comprehensive teaching Arabic language prepared by three famous Bosnian scholars for the lower grades of madrasas and secondary schools in the early Yugoslavian period. The set includes comprehensive Arabic grammar in two volumes. Mehmed Handzic was a Bosnian Islamic scholar, theologian, and politician. Handzic was the leader of the Islamic revivalist movement in Bosnia and the founder of the religious association El-Hidaje. He was one of the authors of the Resolution of Sarajevo Muslims and the chairman of the Committee of National Salvation. As of January 2024, OCLC located single copy in a North American library (Harvard… Read More

Sarajevo: Drzavna Stamparija, 1927. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original wrappers. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). Bilingual in Bosnian and Arabic. 100 p. Age toning on covers and pages. Else, a good copy. Scarce Arabic grammar printed to be taught as a textbook in Islamic schools in Bosnian Yugoslavia. The book was written by the secretary of the Umela-Majlis of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo. Mahinic Ahmed was a Bosnian Muslim scholar and educator. As of January 2024, we couldn't trace any copies in the OCLC and KVK.

[Constantinople]: Manuscript., [AH 1161], 1745. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Contemporary 1/3 leather bdg. with cloth spine. Leather boards. Restored. Demy 8vo. (22 x 15 cm). In Arabic. [138] p. Slightly chipped extremities of papers. Occasionally stained on pages, wear on binding. Text is fine. Including 'kataba'. The routine, predictable, yet exhaustive nature of the journey Ottoman pilgrims endured may have discouraged them from recording their journeys. The route was relatively well-defined, and the caravan orderly and well-protected. Moreover, Ottoman pilgrims, unlike Christian travelers, were traveling across the lands of the same state, thus seeing people of the same Muslim culture, without needing to speak different languages, use different currencies, or negotiate borders between states. The uniqueness and peculiarity of a journey would motivate the traveler to record it and the result would be of interest to an audience. As for the Ottomans,… Read More

Cairo / Egypt: Walt Disney - Dar Al-Hilâl - 13.3.1986, 1986. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. 4to. (27 x 19 cm). In Arabic. 32 p., color and b/w ills. [ARABIC MICKEY MOUSE] Miki: Mars 13, 1299 = 1986. [i.e. Mickey Mouse]. Early Arabic Edition of 'Mickey Mouse' by Walt Disney printed in Cairo. " [.] Translations of comic books from Europe and the US have had a significant impact on the development of the Arab comic. As early as the 1950s, the Adventures of Tintin were being published in children's magazines in Arabic, and the Egyptian children's magazine Miky translated the stories of Mickey Mouse and his friends. As time went on, Mickey Mouse developed his own Egyptian identity: The famous mouse celebrated religious and national holidays, wore traditional Egyptian clothing and ate typical Arab food. Miky was a familiar figure in all Arabic-speaking countries...". (Source: Qantara. Arab Comics From Micky Mouse to Handala).

Manuscript, n.d. [c. 1890], 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Contemporary cloth. Rebacked spine. Foolscap 8vo. (17 x 12 cm). Arabic script in brown ink on blind-stamped thin paper with text borders in blue ink. 125, [1] p. A collection of early popular tales from the Middle East from Islamic and pre-Islamic periods. The first story in this manuscript collection is "Hikâyât al-Jumjuma" (pp. 2-8) known as "Qissat al-Jumjuma" [i.e., the Story of the Skull] starts with Basmalah. It is particularly interesting as the main protagonist (besides the skull) is referred to as Jesus, like in the Muslim and Christian versions of the tale. It's a story about a man who encounters a skull lying on the ground (often as he is walking through the wilderness in al-Sam [i.e., Damascus]). He asks God to allow the skull to speak to him, a request which God grants. He then asks the skull a series of questions about the manner of his life and… Read More

Kostantiniyye [Constantinople - Istanbul]: Tab'hâne-i Âmire Bab-i [Ser]Askeriye., [AH 1256], 1840. 1st Edition . Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original quarter leather bdg. Slight wear on spine. Otherwise a very good copy. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 15 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 143 p. Extremely rare first Turkish edition of the legend of Hatem of Tai tribe, or "the tale of Hatemtai, or qissa-e Hatem-Tai" which was very popular in the Indian subcontinent, as well as the earliest printed separate form from the Arabian nights [Alf laila wa laila] in the Middle East. In Turkish literature, this story was printed nine times separately from the Arabian nights (1840, 1856, 1867, 1871, 1874, 1879, 1885, 1891, 1925). This is the very first edition of this book. Hatim al-Tai (?âtim bin Abd Allâh bin Sa'ad a't-Tâ'iyy; Hatim of the Tayy tribe; deceased 578), was the ruling prince and poet of the… Read More