Islamic Studies
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Al Mizan Ul Ma'Louf Fi Wadh' Il Kalimat Wa L Hurouf
by Muhammad Efendi Munis Zade B Ibrahim Efendi Munis
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Silver print photograph of jannat al Mu'alla صورة فتوغرافية لجنة المعلاة
by Haj photography
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 is the place where the Islamic... Read more about this item
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 is the place where the Islamic... Read more about this item
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Ottoman painting of the holy mosque of Mecca, signed and dedicated by the painter
by Ottoman painting
50x40 cm. Oil colors on wood, showing Ka'ba and surroundings inside the holy mosque. The painting shows the architectural details of the pillars in defferent colors with gold and design of the flour. Mounted in framework measured 72x61 cm. The painting is signed in red on the left bottom; Mehmed Hilal or Mehmed Jemal (?) and dedicated on the revers in pencil to an Ottoman scholar; Faziletlu Arif efendi piraderimiz yadigarimdir 14 Sevval 1318 (my dedication to my brother his virtue Arif Effendi 3-2-1901)....
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SGD 75,828.50
Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 113. November-December 2000
by Shaffer, Daniel, ed
London: Sebastian Ghandchi, 2000. First edition. Paper wrappers. A fine copy. As new.. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. Articles include: The Pazyryk Felts; Hemp & Ramie in Southwest China; The Case of the Missing Well; Hopes and Dreams - Phulkari and Bagh from the Punjab; Tabrdoughte & Tabbnoute - Indigo-dyed Berber Shawls from the Middle Atlas; more.
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SGD 103.40
Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 141. July-August 2005
by Evans, Ben, ed
London: Sebastian Ghandchi, 2005. First edition. Paper wrappers. A fine copy. As new.. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. Articles include: Wings of Desire; Camelid Constellations; Weaving is Believing - Navajo Sandpainting Tapestries; America's United Nations; more.
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SGD 55.15
Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 121. March-April 2002
by Shaffer, Daniel, ed
London: Sebastian Ghandchi, 2002. First edition. Paper wrappers. A fine copy. As new.. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. Articles include: A Noble Art - Burgundian Tapestries in a New Light; Menderes Valley Carpets; Ancestral Ideals - Turkish Silk Hangings in Poland; more.
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SGD 137.87
Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 143. November-December 2005
by Evans, Ben, ed
London: Sebastian Ghandchi, 2005. First edition. Paper wrappers. A fine copy. As new.. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. Articles include: Special Feature - San Francisco's new museu, resource guide; Rebirth & Consolidation; Connecting Cultures; The Turkmen Collection; Africa, Oceania & The Americas; American Art; Art Around the Bay; more.
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SGD 55.15
Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 136. September-October 2004
by Shaffer, Daniel, ed
London: Sebastian Ghandchi, 2004. First edition. Paper wrappers. A fine copy. As new.. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. Articles include: The First Turkish Carpet Exhibition inthe West; Visual Poetry - Sonia Delaunay and Orphic Cubism; Waves & Folds - Japanese Fishermen's Coats from Awaji Island; more.
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SGD 55.15
Persian Miniature Painting from collections in the British Isles
by Robinson, B.W
London: HMSO, 1967. First edition. Paperback. Orig. stiff wrappers. Fine in slightly soiled dust wrapper. 120 pages. 23 1/2 x 19 1/2 cm. Fifty-two black and white plates. 184 entries. Index of Artists.
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SGD 41.36
Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 126. January-February 2003
by Shaffer, Daniel, ed
London: Sebastian Ghandchi, 2003. First edition. Paper wrappers. A fine copy. As new.. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. Articles include: The Artist's Eye - Carpet and Textile Collections of the Orientalists; more.
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SGD 55.15
Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 118. September-October 2001
by Shaffer, Daniel, ed
London: Sebastian Ghandchi, 2001. First edition. Paper wrappers. A fine copy. As new.. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. Articles include: Chahar Mahal-E Bakhtiari Gabbeh; What the Wool Trade Wrought; Money is the Cloth of Fashion; more.
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SGD 55.15
Hali. The International Journal of Oriental Carpets and Textiles. Die internationale Zeitschrift für Orientteppiche und Textilien. Vol. 5 No. 1 1982
by Pinner, Robert, ed
London: Michael Franses, 1982. First edition. Paper wrappers. Minor shelfwear, else near fine.. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. Articles include: Garden Carpets and their Relation to Safavid Gardens; The Significance of Arabic Script on Carpets; Rugs of Morocco; Journey to North-west Persia; Textiles from Kohistan and Nuristan; Chinese Tapestry Weaving: K'o-ssu; An Ancestor of the Mamluk Carpets; more.
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SGD 103.40
Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 132. January-February 2004
by Shaffer, Daniel, ed
London: Sebastian Ghandchi, 2004. First edition. Paper wrappers. A fine copy. As new.. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. Articles include: Early Aubusson Pile Carpets; The Turkmen Ensi in Literature and in Life; Life from the Past; more.
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SGD 55.15
Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 123. July-August 2002
by Shaffer, Daniel, ed
London: Sebastian Ghandchi, 2002. First edition. Paper wrappers. A fine copy. As new.. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. Articles include: A Mission to Central Asia - S.M. Dudin's Journey in 1900-1902 to Bukhara, Samarkand and Beyond; Rugs of the Forty Tribes; more.
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SGD 55.15
Calligraphic booklet by the well-known Ottoman calligrapher Ali Vasfi الخطاط علي الوصفي
by Ali Vasfi
22 x 15.5 cm. 50 p. Of Arabic text contains some Quranic Suras. Copied by the well-known Ottoman calligrapher Ali el Vasfi.
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SGD 13,787.00
Pattern in Islamic Art
by Wade, David
New York: The Overlook Press, 1976. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. numerous illustrations (many in color), 144p. Original black cloth. dj (front flap trimmed at top and price-clipped). 28cm.
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SGD 241.27
Le Burundi
by Acquier, Jean-Louis
Marseille: Editions Parentheses, 1986. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. pictorial stiff wrappers. Very good. 129 pages. 21 x 24 cm. Profusely illustrated with photographs, drawings and maps. A thorough study of the vernacular architecture of Burundi. Glossary. Text in French. Back cover upper corner creased.
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SGD 48.25
Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 133. March-April 2004
by Shaffer, Daniel, ed
London: Sebastian Ghandchi, 2004. First edition. Paper wrappers. A fine copy. As new.. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. Articles include: Ottoman Style; The Hidden Legacy of the Kazakhs; The Fire Textile; more.
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SGD 55.15
Basil Al-Bayati
by Al-Bayati, Basil
London: Academy Editions, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. vermillion cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 276 pages 31 x 26 cm. 400 illustrations, including over 50 in color. Al-Bayati , born in Baghdad, is one of the leading contemporary architects practicing in London. Bibliography. Index.
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SGD 48.25
Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 122. May-June 2002
by Shaffer, Daniel, ed
London: Sebastian Ghandchi, 2002. First edition. Paper wrappers. A fine copy. As new.. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. Articles include: The Modern Era and Rugs in the West; Hamadan Village Rugs - A Reappraisal; In the Grand Manner - Tapestry in the Renaissance, more.
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SGD 137.87
L'Architettura a l'Arte Musulmana in Egitto e nella Palestina
by Tarchi, Ugo
Torino: C. Crudo & C., 1922. Hardcover. Near Fine. 18p. text plus 166 leaves of plates. Plates individually stubbed when this thick volume was rebound in modern pebbled black buckram. Folio (48 cm.). Occasional minor wear. Original front cover (wrapper) bound in and dated 1922. No separate title-page present. Domestic orders only on this large and rather heavy volume (around 20 pounds). The former owner didn't like having loose plates so he had this volume rebound as described.
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SGD 551.48
Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 144. January-February 2006
by Evans, Ben, ed
London: Sebastian Ghandchi, 2006. First edition. Paper wrappers. A fine copy. As new.. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. Articles include: The Cult of the Sea; From the Frontier - Unknown Ottoman Embroideries; The Point of Red; Splendours of the Sons of Heaven; more.
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SGD 55.15
Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 134. May-June 2004
by Shaffer, Daniel, ed
London: Sebastian Ghandchi, 2004. First edition. Paper wrappers. A fine copy. As new.. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. Articles include: A Mamluk Landscape - Carpet Weaving in Egypt and Syria under Sultan Qaitbay; Dating the Dragon & Phoenix Fragments - A Newcomer Unmasked and a Genuine New Discovery; Woven Blossoms, Seeds of History; more.
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SGD 55.15
Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 117. July-August 2001
by Shaffer, Daniel, ed
London: Sebastian Ghandchi, 2001. First edition. Paper wrappers. A fine copy. As new.. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. Articles include: Ponchos from Ecuador; Split the Difference - Ply-Split Briading in Northwest India; Outback Afshars; more.
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SGD 55.15
La Grande Mosquee de Taza
by Terrasse, Henri
Paris: Les Editions d'Art et d'Histoire, 1943. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fine. figures and plans (2 folding), 72p. plus 96 plates (printed on both sides of 48 leaves). Rebound in modern tan buckram. Original wrappers not preserved. 28cm. French text. Publications de l'Institut des Hautes Etudes Marocaines, Tome XXXIX.
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SGD 517.01
Madersas du Maroc
by Terrasse, Charles
Paris: Albert Morance, 1927. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fine. 34p. text plus 70 plates. Rebound in later buckram with each plate individually stubbed by the binder. 27cm. French text. One column article about the author clipped from a 1964 issue of "The New Yorker" and mounted on a blank leaf at end of volume. The former owner did not like plates loose in a portfolio so he had this neatly rebound in the 1960s.
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SGD 689.35
