A SET OF TEN PRINTED BOOKS, 19TH CENTURY Includes; KALA PANI...

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A SET OF TEN PRINTED BOOKS, 19TH CENTURY
Includes; KALA PANI: TAWARIKH’I AJIB (WONDERFUL STORIES), MAULANA MUHAMMAD JAFAR THANESARI, PRINTED BY TEMPLE, 1889 Colonialism, a rare Indian convict autobiography and an important document for sub-continent’s history, a book in Urdu, 100 pages, with two testimonials from E.H. Marr, S. District Officer, 1883 and Richard.Carnac Temple, Cantonment Magistrate, 1885, map of Port Blair on page 66, title page repaired, slight worming, contemporary binding, marbled endpapers, spine with title embossed in gilt, 26 x 7.5cm 362 grams Maulana Muhammad Jafar Thanesari was an important figure in the 1857 uprising. He was imprisoned for 18 years in the Andaman Islands. He was accused of 'waging war against the Queen' in the Ambala State Trial of 1867. His book 'Tarikh Ajib' gained wide circulation in Punjab.TAWQI’AT KASRÎ ANUSHIRWAN, TRANSLATED BY CELALEDDIN MUHAMMAD TABATABAI, FIRST TRANSLATED IN THE 17TH CENTURY, PRINTED IN LUCKNOW: NAWAL KISHORE, 1858History book in Persian, 102 pages, considered one of the best sources and works of Sassanid period, this book offers insights into the period’s country administration, army management and people’s habits and traditions and delves into the unique blend of political structures and the king’s just rule that characterised the Sassanid era, diagonal marginal notes throughout the book, contemporary half leather binding, gilt tooled, spine with title embossed in gilt, 24.7 x 17cm / 357 grams,HISTORY OF PALESTINE (TARIKH BAYT AL-MUQADDAS), MAWLAWI ABU MUHAMMAD ABD AL-HAQQ, PRINTED BY MUJTABAI PRESS, DELHI, 1891History book in Urdu, 40 pages, 3 plates, some repair on the title page, contemporary half leather binding, gilt tooled, spine with title embossed in gilt, 24.5 x 16.5cm 283 grams