Rare and Antiquarian Books
Middle Eastern History
Among our rare and antique books is our collection of rare Middle Eastern Books. Ranging in topics from Middle Eastern cuisine and Middle Eastern culture to Middle Eastern literature and history, our rare Middle Eastern Book collection in the Biblio Rare Book Room is sure to spark the fancy of anyone interested in the Middle East. Many of the books featured in our rare Middle Eastern book collection contain beautiful illustrations and maps, and many of the books feature ornate binding.
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A Collection of Modern Turkish Poetry The Lurched Galleon or The Course: West North-West, (crossed out)
by Selected and Translated By Aptullah E. Kuran
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Bath, Maine
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Alexandria, A History And A Guide: Second Edition (Signed Limited Issue)
by Forster, E. (Edward) M. (Morgan)
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Pasadena, California
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The Land Of Midian (Revisited), Volume I And Ii, First Issues In Original Boards, Bookplates Of The Bibliotheca Lindesiana
by Burton, (Sir) Richard F. (Francis)
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Pasadena, California
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom [No. 363 of 750 Copies]
by LAWRENCE, T. E. (1888-1935)
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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AL I'LAAM BI A'LAAM BALAD ILLAHI L HARAM (HISTORY OF MECCA IN THE 16th C.), ARABIC MANUSCRIPT WRITTEN IN MECCA
by KUTB UD DIN AL NAHRAWALI, MUHAMMAD BIN AHMAD BIN MUHAMMAD BIN QADI KHAN (D. 988 AH, 1580 AD)
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Muntakhabat al Jawa'ib
by Selim Faris al Shidyaq (Chidiac) (1826-1906)
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Official report of The Armenian assassination attempt against the Sultan Abdul Hamid II
by Besiktas Police Commandership, the Ottomn authority
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Algérie historique, pittoresque et monumentale, ou Recueil de Vues, Costumes, et Portraits faits d'après Nature dans les Provinces d'Alger, Bone, Constantine et Oran Par Bour, Ol. Bro, Al. Genet, E. Flandin, Philippoteaux, Raffet &c. Avec le Text... - [MONUMENTAL DESCRIPTION OF ALGERIA]
by BERBRUGGER, (LOUIS-ADRIEN).
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Copenhagen, Denmark
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The original manuscript draft of the most important work about the history of Bulak press, Tarikh Matba'at Bulak prepared by the author in 1936 to be presented to the faculty of literature in the Egyptian University in Cairo, for the MA. degree
by Abu-l Futouh Ahmad Ridwan (1908 - 1982)
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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A simi - official Ferman (military order) issue by Ahmad al Sharif al Sanusi , the representative of the Sultan - Caliph Mehmet Resad . Together with his studio inscribed and signed by al Sanusi
by Official - Ahmad al Sharif al Sanusi
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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The Baz-nama-yi Nasiri: A Persian Treatise on Falconry
by Husam al-Dawlah Taymur Mirza
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's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
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Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant, gravées sur les tableaux peints d’après nature en 1707 & 1708, par les ordres de M. de Ferriol, Ambassadeur du roi, à la Porte. Et mis au jour en 1712 & 1713 par les soins de M. Le Hay.
by LE HAY.
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Paris, France
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A New and Complete System of Universal Geography; Describing Asia, Africa, Europe and America; in Four Volumes (v1-1798, v2-1800, v3-1799, v4-1799): "Paynes Universal Geography", FIRST EDITION
by Payne, John
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Lincoln, Nebraska
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[THE LAW OF STORMS: FRENCH METEOROLOGIST IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE / FORECAST / TELEGRAPH] Lois des tempêtes avec dessins et cartes des tempêtes = Firtinalarin kavanîni ve bunlarin denizlerde müstelzim oldugu mehalik ve muhatirattan ihtiraz için ittihazi iktiza eden suver ve tedâbîr-i fiiliyeden bâhis risâle. [i.e. It is a tractate that talks about the laws of storms and the actual measures and figures and the protection from their dangers and damages, their causing at the seas].
by ARISTIDE COUMBARY, (The director of the Imperial Ottoman Internal Meteorological Observatory in Constantinople), (1826-1896).
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Istanbul, Turkey
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[ILLUSTRATED KAISER'S VOYAGES TO THE OTTOMAN MIDDLE EAST] Hatirâ-i seyahât: Alman Imparatoru hasmetlü Vilhelm [Kaiser II. Wilhelm] ve Imparatoriçe Ogusta Viktorya [Augusta Victoria] hazretinin Dersaadet'i def'â-yi saniye olarak ziyaretleriyle Suriye seyahatlerine bir hatirâ-i nâçiz olmak üzere (Sabah) Gazetesi tarafindan Kariyan-i Osmaniyeye hediye edilmisdir.
by [ON THE OCCASION OF THE SECOND VISIT TO ISTANBUL OF KAISER WILHELM II AND AUGUSTA VICTORIA, QUEEN OF PRUSSIA].
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Istanbul, Turkey
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