Suleymanname [Life of Suleiman the Magnificent], first printed edition, text in Arabic, Cairo, Bulak
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Suleymanname [Life of Suleiman the Magnificent], first printed edition, text in Arabic, previous owner's ink inscription, contents ff. and final blank with tears and expert repairs, one or two short marginal tears with neat old repairs, scattered spotting, modern cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, 8vo, Cairo, Bulak Printing House, 1248 [1832].*** Suleiman I or 'Suleiman the Magnificent' (1495-1566), was the tenth Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He reigned for 46 years, from 1520 until his death in 1566, longer than any other sultan. He is known in the West as 'Suleiman the Magnificent' and in the Muslim world as the 'Lawgiver' because he changed the organisation of the Ottoman legal system.
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Suleymanname [Life of Suleiman the Magnificent], first printed edition, text in Arabic, Cairo, Bulak
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