Ahmed vasif (9 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Original ed. 19th c., but this is first ed. thus, with some unopened pages; 444 p., clean and unmarked anywhere on strong paper faintly age-toned; binding firm; clean wrapper has light edge wear.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. [Liv], 444, [8] p. A Turkish transcription of an Ottoman chronicle. Mehâsinü'l-âsâr ve Hakâikü'l-ahbâr. Prep. Mücteba Ilgürel.

Zustand: New. II. Dizi-Sayi 31 Editors: ; Ilgürel, Mücteba Translator: XXXV+170 pages.

Zustand: New. Editors: Saglam, Nevzat Translator: 691 pages.

Zustand: New. HC. Editors: Sarikaya, Hüseyin Translator: 1328 pages.

Leather. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Original full leather bdg. in traditional Ottoman style. Repaired skillfully. 4to. (29 x 18 cm). In Ottoman script. 2 volumes set in one: ([15], 327 p.; [6], 315 p.). Vasif tarihi. Mahasin ül-âsâr ve hakayik ül-ahbâr. 2 volumes set. Özege 22519. Extremely rare. First Edition. In the late eighteenth century the Ottoman Empire experienced a time of profound crisis, political as well as intellectual, moral, and ideological. This dissertation explores the mental and moral climate of the period through the work of Ahmed Vasif Efendi, a statesman, ambassador, intellectual, and author of one of the century's largest histories, and also through his personal development as a reformer. Divided into five chapters, each treating a distinct aspect of Vasif's thought, this dissertation argues that Ottoman elites after 1774 responded to growing foreign and domestic challenges with not only military reform but a broad re-evaluation of subjects like war, peacemaking, moral rule, and human agency in history. It suggests these debates, including a basic disagreement over the legitimate place of human reason and action across life's many spheres, indicate a vital if fractured response to the crisis, and an incipient breakdown in certain storied intellectual frameworks. …

First edition of this famous Ottoman chronicle of the second half of the 18th century by the period's most celebrated historian, detailing the sweeping changes and military conflicts which affected Ottoman society on the cusp of modernity. Ahmed Vasif Efendi (c.1730-1804) was born in Baghdad, where he learned Arabic, Persian, and Turkish. He began a bureaucratic career and soon progressed to the Ottoman imperial court. Early on in his working life, he followed Ottoman forces to the front line in their battles with the Russians and was captured and taken to St Petersburg for a time. There, he witnessed Russia's military expansion first hand. Returning to Turkey, he was appointed chief scribe of the Ottoman bureaucracy in 1805. He was a major supporter of social reform. In Mehasinü'l-asar ve hakaikü'l-ahbar he proposed a new kind of historiography, centred on human choices rather than on divine will. Much of the narrative takes place against the backdrop of the Russo-Turkish wars, which led to the Russian annexation of Crimea in 1783, but the work is in fact universal in its scope, covering Ottoman foreign relations, power struggles at the court, and intellectual achievements inside the empire. Ethan L. Menchinger, "Ahmed Vâs f Efendi", Bloomsbury History: Theory and Method, 2022, accessible online. 2 vols bound in one, quarto (288 x 175 mm). Modern half sheep, spine with raised bands, gilt arabesques on spine, brown cloth sides, endleaves renewed, orange bookmarker. "Vasif" in ink on lower edge of book block; a little marginal pencilling, ink marking on front blank. Gilt slightly retouched, a few leaves possibly cleaned, occasional finger soiling, small wormholes to top margin of final 20 leaves, minor patches of loss to final blanks. A very good copy.…

2 volumes bound as 1. An important first-hand account of relations between the Porte and central Europe as well as the wider political events during the second half of the 18th century. Written in Turkish (set in a Naskh Arabic type) by the Baghdad-born diplomat Ahmed Vasif Effendi and also known as "Vasif Tarihi" ("Vasif's History"), it forms one of the most important works of Ottoman political history for the period between 1754 and 1774, when the author actively participated in the world of diplomacy in the Ottoman Empire, on the Balkans, in Russia and in Vienna. Vasif was known for his quick temper and was later described by the German orientalist Franz Babinger as "vain, stingy, jealous, and excessively vicious" (cf. p. 336). His text was left unfinished after a dispute with the Istanbul-based press of Rasid Efendi, which Vasif himself had helped establish, and it was completed by Sadullah Enveri (d. 1794), who himself had participated in the military events described. He is remembered for establishing modern Egypt as an independent country.With the label of the 19th-century bookseller Benjamin Duprat, Paris, on the front paste-down. Later the book was owned by the Iraqi architect Mohamed Makiya (2015). With old pencil and ink annotations on the endpapers. Binding a little worn with some scratches, interior of the book clean with sporadic old stains. A copy in contemporary calf, bound in Bulaq itself, surviving in very good condition.l Özege V, 22519; WorldCat 949617481, 777193206, 320228577, , 600848792 (4 copies); cf. Ethan L. Menchinger, The first of the modern Ottomans: the intellectual history of Ahmed Vasif (2017); Franz Babinger, Die Geschichtsschreiber der Osmanen und ihre Werke (1927), pp. 335-337. Contemporary calf with later paper label; later marbled paper on the spine. In Turkish, with the main text set in a naskh Arabic type, with a woodcut decoration and decorations built up from typographic ornaments at the opening of the main text (incorporating a woodcut heading in Arabic script). Pages: 14, 210, [1 blank], 7, 190 pp.…

4to. 2 vols. bound in one. 14 pp. (index), 210 pp., (1 blank), 7 pp. (index), 190 pp. Original full calf with later paper label; later marbled paper on the spine. An important first-hand account of relations between the Porte and central Europe as well as the wider political events during the second half of the 18th century. Written by the Baghdad-born diplomat Ahmed Vasif Effendi and also known as "Vasif Tarihi" ("Vasif's History"), it forms one of the most important works of Ottoman political history for the period between 1754 and 1774, when the author actively participated in the world of diplomacy in the Ottoman Empire, on the Balkans, in Russia and in Vienna. Vasif was known for his quick temper and was later described by the German orientalist Franz Babinger as "vain, stingy, jealous, and excessively vicious" (cf. p. 336). His text was left unfinished after a dispute with the Istanbul-based press of Rasid Efendi, which Vasif himself had helped establish, and it was completed by Sadullah Enveri (d. 1794), who himself had participated in the military events described. - At the time one of the few available printed historico-political accounts of contemporary Middle Eastern relations with the West during the age of Enlightenment, the book proved extremely popular throughout Europe and is today found in many European libraries. This is the third and last edition, the second printed at Bulaq, by the first official and governmental printing press in Egypt, after first being published in Istanbul in 1219 (1803/04). - Bulaqor Al-Amiriya Press, the first official and governmental printing press established in Egypt, was founded in 1820 by the viceroy of Egypt, Muhammad Ali. As early as in 1815 the first delegation was sent from Egypt to Milan to learn printing. After the building for the press was finished in the autumn of 1820, it took another two years to transport the machines and train the employees, and the first book, an Arabic-Italian dictionary, was published in 1822. Viceroy Muhammad Ali started several reform programmes with a view to create a modern Egyptian society after the European model, and the press was part of this modernisation. He is remembered for establishing modern Egypt as an independent country. - Printed on thick paper. Interior clean with sporadic old staining; old pencil and ink annotations to endpapers. Binding shows larger scratches and loss of material, but still in the original Bulaq covers. Provenance: 19th century bookseller's label of Benjamin Duprat, Paris, on front pastedown; later owned by the Iraqi architect Mohamed Makiya (2015). - Özege V, 22519. OCLC 949617481, 777193206, 320228577, 780208235, 165361809, 26779362 and 600848792 (some examples on microfilm). Ethan L. Menchinger, The First of the Modern Ottomans: The Intellectual History of Ahmed Vasif (2017). Franz Babinger, Die Geschichtsschreiber der Osmanen und ihre Werke (1927), pp. 335-337.…