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AYYUB SABRI PASHA (D. 1890 AD): MIR'AT AL-HARAMAYN
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AYYUB SABRI PASHA (D. 1890 AD): MIR'AT AL-HARAMAYN

CONSTANTINOPLE, BAHRIYYE PRESS, AH 1306/1888 AD

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AYYUB SABRI PASHA (D. 1890 AD): MIR'AT AL-HARAMAYN
CONSTANTINOPLE, BAHRIYYE PRESS, AH 1306/1888 AD
5 volumes, Ottoman Turkish text, Mir'at Mecca in two volumes, 1175pp., Mir'at Medina in two volumes, 1343pp., Mir'at Jazirat al-'Arab in one volume, 416pp., with black and white plates, one folding diagram of the Haram (Occasional marginal tears, a few tears repaired with adhesive tape, browning of text.) each red, black or burgundy half morocco
Folio 9 x 6in. (22.8 x 15.5cm.)
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Ayyub Sabri Pasha was an Ottoman naval officer. He held various appointments and served for a while in both the Hijaz and Yemen. He died in Istanbul in 1890. He was the author of a number of historical and descriptive works on Arabia, including the present account of Mecca and Medina which includes details about the beginning and spread of Wahhabism in the Peninsula.

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