al- Nahj al-qawīm hadīyah li-man talaqqāhā bi-qalb salīm : manuscript, [ca. 1900]

The text starts with a praise of the Sultan Abdülhamid and his governor Osman Nuri Paşa. Then it discusses the necessity of obedience to the Sultan and the authorities from a religious point of view. It then touches briefly on several ethical issues. The text may or may not be complete at the end.

Tutankhamen and Egyptology,

"A selected bibliography": p. [93]-95.

[Calligraphic specimen, 1205?, i.e. 1790 or 1791?].

Exquisite album of calligraphy (muraqqaʻ or murakkaa) with design for a monumental inscription to appear in stone on a commemorative range marker (menzil taşı) of Bilâl Ağa (d.1807?), likely executed by Yesari Mehmed Esad Efendi (d.1798), the great Ottoman master of nastaʻlīq (talik).

Koran : manuscript, [1887 or 8].

Illumination on pp. [1-2]; chapter headings illuminated; gold dots and foliate flourishes mark verse and chapter endings; text enclosed in wide gold borders; illuminated marginal rosettes mark division of text into thirtieths (juzʼ) and sixtieths (ḥizb); gilder's name at bottom of p. [522]: dhahhabahu Bahāʼ al-Dīn bin Tawfīq; edges gilded with foliate patterns; green leather endpages painted with gold and silver sunburst designs; binding gold-stamped and painted in silver and gold foliate designs.

[Calligraphic specimen, 1206, i.e. 1791 or 1792].

Exquisite album of calligraphy (muraqqaʻ / murakkaa) employing ḥadīth of the Prophet executed by the celebrated Ottoman calligrapher Mahmud Celâleddin Efendi (d.1829) in imitation of a model executed by the master calligrapher Hafız Osman Efendi (d.1698).

[Calligraphic specimen, early to mid 18th century].

Exquisite album of calligraphy (muraqqaʻ or murakkaa) comprising kıt'alar employing ḥadīth of the Prophet executed by the celebrated Ottoman calligrapher Eğrikapılı Mehmet Râsim Efendi (d.1756), renowned student of Seyyid Abdullah of Yedikule (d.1731).

[al-Kawākib al-durrīyah fī madḥ khayr al-barīyah, 16th century?].

Fine copy of al-Būṣīrī's poem in praise of the Prophet accompanied by elucidation in Persian and Turkish.

Two Theban queens, Nefert-ari and Ty-ti, and their tomba,

Mode of access: Internet.

Kitāb wāsiṭat al-sulūk fī siyāsat al-mulūk /

Caption title.

Ḥilyat al-ʻaṣr al-jadīd fī shamāʼil al-malik al-ḥamīd [microform] /

Microfilm.

Hüdavendigar Gazi, yahut, Fetihler ve Kosova sahrası /

Özege, M.S. Eski harflerle,

Echnaton : Novelle /

Mode of access: Internet.

Special report[s]

At head of title, 19 :Government of Egypt. Public works dept. Director: 19 :S.S. Flower.

Report.

S.S. Flower, director.

All for love : or, The world well lost : a tragedy, as it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden /

About Antony and Cleopatra.