OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED JUMADA II AH 1239/FEBRUARY-MARCH 1824 AD

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SAYYID 'ALI PASHA: MIRAT AL-'ALAM
OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED JUMADA II AH 1239/FEBRUARY-MARCH 1824 AD
A printed Turkish translation of 'Ali Qushji's Al-fathiyya fi 'ilm al-hay'a, 69ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 21ll. of black naskh in text panels outlined in gold and black, occasional diagrams, some folded in, important words and phrases picked out in red, colophon dated, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illumination, occasional marginal notes, in red binding
Text panel 6 x 3 ¼in. (15 x 8 cm.); folio 8 ¾ x 5¾in. (22.5 x 14.5cm.)

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Lot Essay

Sayyid 'Ali Pasha, who translated 'Ali Qushji's text into Turkish was the head of the Imperial School of Engineering. He completed the translation in 1824, the year our copy was printed. The colophon states that the book was printed with the knowledge of Ibrahim Saib, the head of the Official Printing Press (Dar al-Tiba'a al-'Amira).

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