[1864 EDITION OF NAIMA HISTORY] Tarih-î Naima. Ravzatü'l-hüseyin fî hûlâsat-i ahbâri'l-hafikayn. [Naima's Ottoman history / Framed Edition]. 3 volumes of 6 [Including 1, 3, amd 4th volumes).

GIRIDÎ MUSTAFA NAIMA, (1655-1716). Matbaa-i Âmire., Ist., [AH 1280] = 1864 AD. Decorative black leather bdg. Raised bands. First volume's front board repaired to spine. Chippings bottom on bindings. The index has some markings by red pencil. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Ottoman script. 3 volumes of 6 (1, 3, and 4th volumes): ([12],, [22], 442 p.; [9], 435 p.; [10], 459 p.). Naima's history of the Ottoman Empire. Mustafa Naima, (born 1655, Aleppo, Syria-died 1716, Patras, Morea), Turkish historian who wrote a history, Tarih, of the period 1591-1659. Naima went at an early age to Constantinople, where he entered palace service and held various offices. Protected and encouraged by Hüseyin Pasha, the grand vizier, he was appointed an official chronicler (1709). His Tarih ("History"; Annals of the Turkish Empire from 1591-1659 of the Christian Era, 1832) is a compilation from the work of his predecessors (Sharihülmenarzade, whose work is lost; Kâtip Çelebi; Hasanbeyzade; and others), together