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Cairo: The government press, Bulaq, 1896 Book. Illus. by MUHAMMED SADIQ BEY. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 152PP OF ARABIC TEXT. ENGRAVING PLATE SHOWING THE EGYPTIAN MAHMAL, FRONTIS OF THE AUTHOR, 9 PLATES WHICH 8 OF THEM ARE PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES BY THE AUTHOR ABOUT THE MAHMAL, THE HOLY MOSQUES, AND GENERAL VEWS OF MECCA, MEDINA, AND THE HOLY SITES (THREE PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES ARE FOLDINGS), 2 FOLDING PLANS OF THE TOW HOLY MOSQUES IN MECCA AND MEDINA, BY THE AUTHOR, THE BOOK INCLUDES THE FOLDING MAP BY SADIQ BEY ABOUT THE ROUTS OF THE HAJJ FROM THE CITADEL OF AL WAJH AND JEDDAH TO MECCA AND MEDINA IN 1886 (1303 AH). FRONTIS IS PARTLY REPAIRED FROM THE OUTER MARGINS OF THE PLATE (DID NOT AFFECT THE IMAGE AT ALL), VERY LIGHT REMAINS OF REMOVED ANCIENT STAMPS OR NOTATIONS ON TITLE PAGE AND OTHER 3 MARGINAL PLACES. VERY CLEAN TEXT AND PLATES, AND THE BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. MODERN FINE BINDING. SCARCE WITH ALL PLATES, PLANS AND THE MAP..

10 p. Of text in English, Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, Urdu and Russian, with 9 full page plates. A hajj travel brochure printed in İstanbul supposed to be by an Armenian press in c. 1900. Rare

19 p. Ottoman Turkish text. Official report of the hajj and health quarantine law in 1889-1900. Consists of 20 articles. The Anglo-ottoman Hajj policy conflict. Rare.

Cairo: Diwan al- Jihadiyya (war office), 1877 Book. Very Good. No Binding. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. An early work about Hejaz and the Hajj by Muhammad Sadiq bey, mainly published in the military newspaper of the Egyptian general military staff Nos. 4, 5 and 6 in 1294 AH. (1877 AD.) and published separately by the same press in the same year. 28 p. and 4 lithographic plates of which one is folding..

192 p. Arabic text, a rare print. Stamp of the general Ibrahim Rif'at Pasha in 1335, an endorsement copy. With several notes during the copy. Modern binding.

310 p. Ottoman Turkish text. Ownership by Mesud Qasim zaynal Ali Riza in jeddah, the son of the Ottoman delegate of Jeddah.

182 p. Ottoman Turkish text. The first official year book printed in the lithograph press in Mecca. Early work to be printed in Hedjaz. Rare.

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.

Ottoman Turkish official report about the Hijaz health rules and organizations, with several illustrations of Jeddah and Mecca.