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Photographic Image. Very Good. No Binding. 40 x 30 CM, possibly 1910's or earlier photographic portrait of the last Ottoman chief rabbi (Hakham bashi) who was one of the most eminent rabbis in the Middle East. Chaim (Haim) Nahum Effendi (1872-1960) was a Jewish scholar, jurist, and linguist of the early 1900s. He was born in 1872 in Izmir. He was sent by his parents to a yeshiva in Tiberias, after which he studied at a French lycée for his secondary education and obtained a degree in Islamic law in Istanbul. Thereafter, he attended a rabbinical academy in Paris, from which he received his semicha. At the same time, he studied linguistics, history, and philosophy at the Sorbonne's school of oriental languages. Upon his return to Istanbul, Nahum occupied various teaching positions, including at the Turkish military academy. While there, he became acquainted with many of the leaders of the Young Turk movement, who gained power in 1908. In 1909 Nahum succeeded Moses Levi as Hakham Bashi, or… Read More

London: Mccorquodale & CO., Limited, 1906 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Oblong folio, gilt full leather binding with floral gilt inner papers and original box. One folding map and 47 p. on buff white paper. Pages 12 to 47 contain individual photographic images. Memorial album printed in approx. 1906..

Photographic album of the Red Sea journey contains 76 photographs of which 20 taken in Jeddah and Mecca in 1902 showing the annual celebration of the coronation day of Sultan Abdul Hamid II , in the government house in Jeddah and Mecca. With tow photographs showing the government and the Emir of Hejaz . 33 x 24 cm. ألبوم صور فوتوغرافية ، رحلة تعود إلى التسعينيات من القرن التاسع عشر الميلادي و تحتوي على 76 صورة فوتوغرافية مختلفة المقاسات ، أكبرها 25سم طولا في 14.5سم عرضا (منها صورتان لامرأتين باللباس الحجازي) و أصغرها 9 سم طولا في 6 سم عرضا. و أكثر الصور من الحجم الكبير و الوسط. الألوم يظهر أنه أعد بواسطة مصور عثماني أثناء بعثة رسمية (عسكرية غالبا) خلال السواحل الغربية للجزيرة العربية. و يحتوي على… Read More

PRESENTATION COPY PREPARED FOR THE KING OF GREECE IN GILTED BORDEAUX BINDING. Cairo: Imprimerie Nationale, Bulak, 1894 Book. Illus. by AFTER MUHAMMAD SADIC BEY, AND OTHERS. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 129PP FRENCH TEXT, 19 PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES AFTER MUHAMMED SADIQ BEY AND OTHERS ( ONE FRONTIS OF THEF KHEDIVE ABBAS HILMI PACHA, AND ONE PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR IN THE END OF THE BOOK ), THE OTHERS ARE TITLED AS THE FOLLOWINGS: (1) LE MAHMAL (2) LE CAIRE DEPART DU MAHMAL (3) LE TAPIS SACRE (4) DJEDDAH VUE GENERALE (5) DJEDDAH TOMBEAU SACRE DE NOTRE MERE EVE (6) DJEDDAH SPECIMEN DES MAISONS DE CETTE VILLE (7) LA MECQUE MOSQUEE HARAM EL CHERIF ET LA CAABA (8) LA MECQUE TOMBEAU SACRE DE SITINA KHADIJA, EPOUSE DU PROPHETE (9) SAYIDNA ONE EL RAFIK, CHERIF DE LA MECQUE (10) LA PRIERE DU VENDREDI DANS LA MOSQUEE HARAM EL CHERIF AUTOUR DE LA KAABA (11) LA MECQUE INTERIEUR DE LA MOSQUEE HARAM EL CHERIF ET PUITS DE ZAMZAM (12) CAMPEMENT SUR LE MONT ARAFAT (13) VILLE DE MOUNA… Read More

21.5 x 16 cm , showing the pilgrims and tents in Arafat during Hajj.

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 Prophet Muhammad's wife, grandfather, and other ancestors are buried.

21.5 x 16 cm. Signed on the negative Mirza photographers Delhi.

Cairo Photographic Image. Very Good. No Binding. The photographs are a part of Naum Shoucair's collection has been published (except tow un known photographs in this collection) in his book, Tarikh Sina al Qadim wa al Hadith wa Jografiyyatuha, The history of Sinai and Arabs. Al Ma'arif press, Cairo 1916, inventory no. 000456. 11 photographs are mounted on cards (not included in the measurements mentioned) of which four are signed. (1) Sir Lee Stack Pasha, royal secretary to the Sudanese government and former director of the intelligence agent and one other (un known and un published), both signed in 1913. 21.5 x 14 cm. (2) Colone G. F. Clayton, director of the intelligence agency and rep. of the Sudanese government, signed. Photogrpah by Hughes & Mullins, Ryde. 15 x 10.5 cm. (3) Captain A W Weymouth commander of Minerva, signed. 15 x 10 cm. Photo by Symonds & Co. Portsmouth (4) Rudolph Slatin Pasha, signed in 24-6-1895. Photo by Zangaki, Cairo. 22.5 x 16.5 cm. (5) Lord Kitchener. 27 x 17 cm. (6)… Read More

Tow pages of 46 lines , 34 x 21 cm. Photo : 33 x 28 cm. Arabic text of Maghribi script. dated 25 - 3 - 1335 (1917) , Jihad Order (the Thirs Ottoman Nshan) given to a Libyan doctor and general ( Mir-liwa) Tahir Bey b. Abd us Salam al Tarabulsi.