[A RARE BULAQ EDITION: A CONCISE HISTORY OF CALIPHS] Kitâb mukhtasar akhbâr al-khulefâ' [i.e., A concise history of the caliphs].

Language: Arabic

Published by Matba'ah al-Amîrîyah - Bulaq, Bulaq, Cairo, AH 1309 [CE 1892]., Bulaq, Cairo, 1892

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Contemporary brown calf lettered gilt on spine with blind tooled decorative elements, marbled boards. Cr. 8vo. (18,5 x 13 cm). In Arabic. 104 p. Slight toning on pages, first and last pages are loosely inserted; a piece is missing from the spine; corners bumped; an old label trace on the spine. Overall, a good copy. Uncommon first edition of this early biographical work on the caliphs, covering their lives from the early Islamic period to the last Abbasid caliph, al-Mu’tasim, who was killed during the Mongol invasion. It constitutes the only abridged volume from Ibn al-Sa’î's twenty-five-volume corpus to have been printed at the renowned Bulaq Press. Some sources, however, note that the work attributed to Ibn al-Sa’î may not be genuinely his. (al-'Azzâwî). Ibn al-Sa’î is thought to have finished his corpus in AH 656 [CE 1258], at the time of the Mongol invasion. The "Mukhtaṣar", which formed its ninth volume, was the only part to be printed at the renowned Bulaq Press centuries later. As of March 2026, OCLC locates four copies in the North American libraries: 13490057 & 1227684739. …

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Title
[A RARE BULAQ EDITION: A CONCISE HISTORY OF CALIPHS] Kitâb mukhtasar akhbâr al-khulefâ' [i.e., A concise history of the caliphs].
Author
IBN AL-SA'I ALI IBN ANJAB IBN UTHMAN IBN ABDULLAH ABU TALIB, TAJ AL-DIN (1197-1275/6).
Publisher
Matba'ah al-Amîrîyah - Bulaq, Bulaq, Cairo, AH 1309 [CE 1892]., Bulaq, Cairo
Publication year
1892
Condition
Good
Binding
Leather
Language
Arabic
Edition
1st Edition
Dimensions
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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Arabica, Islamica, Middle East

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