Vakayı-yı mazi - وقايع مضي

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 17008
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1244
  • Language of Material
    • Arabic Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 folio Materials : Paper. Dimensions : 360 mm x 280 mm. Foliation : Western. Ruling : No text box, primary text field 212 mm x 195 mm. Script : Nesih. Ink : Black ink. Binding : Loose leaf.

Scope and Content

A bilingual tract on printing in Egypt entitled Vakayı-yı mazi, with an additional title, Al-waqāyiʾ al-miṣriyah, found at the bottom of the page. The page was printed on 25 Jumādá al-Awwāl 1244 AH (Tuesday, 3 December 1828) in Bulaq, Egypt at the Maṭbaʾat Ṣāḥib al-Futūḥāt. The item also contains the bilingual stamp of the Bibliothèque Sultanieh, as well as the marking 268/1918 and Devriyat/71 in the top left-hand corner. The Ottoman Turkish text contains numerous orthographic errors.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased; acquisitioned by the British Museum on 1 June 1932