sadiq bey muhammad (3 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original wrappers. Foolscap 8vo. (17 x 12 cm). Ottoman script (Old Turkish in Arabic letters). 152 p. Extracted from a volume containing multiple works. Spine professionally restored. A very good copy. The first and only Ottoman Turkish edition of this exceptionally rare work, offering a first-hand account of the topography and detailed descriptions of the Hejaz, Mecca, and other regions of the Arabian Peninsula by Muhammad Sadiq, who was also the first person to photograph Mecca, Medina, and the Hajj in 1880 and 1881. Account of the 1861 expedition of Muhammad Sadiq, an Egyptian officer and engineer, documenting his survey of the route between the Red Sea port of Wajh and the city of Madinah. The work records detailed observations on topography, climate, routes, water sources, settlements, and administrative conditions in the Hijaz, reflecting a systematic and empirical approach supported by contemporary surveying instruments, and is notable for incorporating early photographic documentation of the region. Includes descriptive passages such as a fortified site located nine kilometres inland from Wajh, built among red sandstone mountains and serving as a supply depot for pilgrims at the junction of three principal routes, alongside precise notes on terrain and local conditions; the journey proceeds from Cairo eastward to Suez, thence by sea to Wajh, and southward along inland routes toward Madinah. After departing Madinah, Sadiq and his party proceeded westward to the Red Sea port of Yanbu', arriving there a week later. Upon returning to Cairo, he submitted a report to his military superiors; however, his findings were not published until 1877, first appearing in The Egyptian Military Gazette and shortly thereafter in the book Summary of the Exploration of the Wajh-Madinah Hijaz Route and its Military Cadastral Map. In this rare Ottoman Turkish edition, Muhammad Sadiq, grandson of Sharif Abdülmuttalib, Emir of Mecca, dedicated the work to the Ottoman Committee of Union and Progress (Ittihat ve Terakki Cemiyeti). The book provides a comprehensive account of the Hijaz, beginning with its geography, population, and natural features, and extending to its administrative organization as an Ottoman province. It includes detailed descriptions of Mecca, its physical and social environment, religious monuments such as the Kaaba and Masjid al-Haram, regional subdivisions, and the historical succession of the Emirs of Mecca, as well as discussions of the Taif region and the rise of Wahhabism. The work concludes with a 49-article memorandum proposing reforms for the province, submitted to the Ottoman grand vizierate. "Muhammad Sadiq is one of the forgotten pioneers, both of photography and of exploration in Arabia". (De St. Jorre). Muhammad Sadiq Sherif Bey was the first known photographer to document Mecca, Medina, and the Hajj in 1880 and 1881. Educated in Cairo and at the École Polytechnique in Paris, he trained as a military engineer. The precise origins of his photographic training remain unclear, though it is likely he learned from one of the professional photographers residing in Egypt. In 1861, tasked with conducting detailed military surveys of the region between Wajh and Medina, Sadiq Bey undertook his first journey to Arabia. Accompanied by a camera alongside his surveying instruments, he captured his initial photographs of Medina. He later referenced this early work in a series of articles published in the Egyptian Military Gazette in 1877, describing the use of a "photographia", although unfortunately, none of the images from this expedition survive. In 1880, Sadiq Bey was appointed treasurer of the Mahmal, the ceremonial covering of the Ka'ba, and accompanied its annual journey from Cairo to Medina and Mecca between September 1880 and January 1881. Equipped with his camera, he produced what are now regarded as the earliest known photographs of the holy sites, including the Ka'ba, taken under conditions of.

5 glass positive lantern slides (85 × 100 mm), each with a black paper mask, paper tape around the edges, a letterpress slip at the foot giving the publisher's name and city, and a slip at the head with the manuscript title. Stored in a contemporary purpose-made wooden box with brass fittings, with the word "Mekka" on the top of the hinged lid. Five of the earliest and best photographs of Mecca and Medina, beautifully preserved as silver gelatin glass plates, including the first photograph of the Ka'ba in Mecca's Masjid al-Haram (Great Mosque). Two of the photographs were taken by the first person to photograph Mecca and Medina, the Egyptian Colonel Muhammad Sadiq Bey (1832-1902), who made them in 1880 for the Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid II. The others were taken by the first European to photograph Mecca, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, and Al-Sayyid 'Abd al-Ghaffâr, who worked closely with him. Snouck Hurgronje (1857-1936), one of the greatest pioneering Dutch Arabists, converted to Islam and lived in Mecca from January to about July 1885. The photographs by these three men are best known and most frequently reproduced from the published collotype facsimiles, while the rare surviving early albumen prints are usually faded or otherwise in bad condition. The present five plates, sold as lantern slides for magic lantern presentations, are therefore of the greatest importance as well-preserved high quality specimens of these famous photographs, providing the best early images of the mosques of Mecca and Medina. - All five slides are in very good condition, with only a bit of dust and the occasional smudge on the glass. They show: 1) The Masjid al-Haram in Mecca (the Great Mosque); 2) a closer view of the Ka'ba in Mecca; 3) the portrait of an unidentified Mu'ezzin in Mecca; 4) a portrait of an unidentified East Indian pilgrim; 5) the al-Masjid an-Nabawi in Medina (the Prophet's Mosque). - Cf. D. v.d. Wal, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (2011); J. J. Witkam, new introduction to the 2007 reprint of the 1931 English translation of Hurgronje, Mekka.

Five of the earliest and best photographs of Mecca and Medina, beautifully preserved as silver gelatin glass plates, including the first photograph of the Ka'ba in Mecca's Masjid al-Haram (Great Mosque). Two of the photographs were taken by the first person to photograph Mecca and Medina, the Egyptian Colonel Muhammad Sadiq Bey (1832-1902), who made them in 1880 for the Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid II. The others were taken by the first European to photograph Mecca, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, and Al-Sayyid 'Abd al-Ghaffâr, who worked closely with him. Snouck Hurgronje (1857-1936), one of the greatest pioneering Dutch Arabists, converted to Islam and lived in Mecca from January to about July 1885. The photographs by these three men are best known and most often reproduced from the published collotype facsimiles, and the rare surviving early albumin prints are usually faded and often otherwise in bad condition. The present five plates, sold as lantern slides for magic lantern presentations, are therefore of the greatest importance as well-preserved high quality images of these famous photographs, providing the best early images of the mosques of Mecca and Medina. All five slides are in very good condition, with only a bit of dust and an occasional smudge on the glass. They show:1) The Masjid al-Haram in Mecca (the Great Mosque)2) A closer view of the Ka'ba in Mecca3) A portrait of an unidentified Mu'ezzin in Mecca4) A portrait of an unidentified East Indian pilgrim5) The al-Masjid an-Nabawi in Medina (the Prophet's Mosque)l For the photographers and their work in general: D. v.d. Wal, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (2011); J. J. Witkam, new introduction to the 2007 reprint of the 1931 English translation of Hurgronje, Mekka; for Benzinger: Theodor Benzinger, 25 Jahre Verlegerarbeit (1928). Kept in a contemporary purpose-made wooden box with brass fittings, with the word "Mekka" in script letters cut on the top of the hinged lid, fitted with modern polyurethane foam to hold the slides in place and protect them. 5 glass positive lantern slides (8.5 x 10 cm; 3 mm thick; image size about 7 x 5.5 and 7 x 8 cm), each with a black paper mask, violet paper tape around the edges, a letterpress slip at the foot giving the publisher's name and city, and a slip at the head with the manuscript title.