c1612–1750. Nine engravings, 13.8 x 8.1cm to 22.9 x 16.7cm. Stains, slight foxing, some trimmed to platemark or to image.

Personages illustrated are as follows

(1) Murad I, Ottoman sultan from 1362 to 1389;

(2) Kopruluzade Numan Pasha, Ottoman statesman who was the grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire between June and August 1710;

(3) Imam Culi Beig, general of the Persian Army in the 17th century;

(4) Orchan [or Orhan] Gazi, second bey of the nascent Ottoman sultanate from 1323/4 to 1362;

(5) Kopruluzade Fazil Ahmed Pasha, a member of the renowned Koprulu family originating from Albania, which produced six grand viziers of the Ottoman Empire;

(6) Moulay Hassan [or Abu Abd Allah Muhammad V al-Hasan], the Hafsid Sultan of Tunis from 1526 to 1543;

(7) Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire, sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1640 to 1648;

(8) Bajazet I [or Bayezid], Sultan of Turkey, the Ottoman sultan from 1389 to 1402;

(9) Abdi Pasha the Albanian, an Ottoman politician and military leader of Albanian descent, who served as the last governor of the province of Budin.

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Price (AUD): $6600 The group