• Meşâhirü’n-Nisa (Famous Women), Mehmed Zihni, Ottoman Turkish: cloth binding with a crescent emblem
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    Meşâhirü’n-Nisa (Famous Women), Mehmed Zihni, Two Volumes, Ottoman Turkish; Volume I 1877–1878

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    Istanbul | Ottoman Turkish | two volumes; volume I dated 1294 AH (1877–1878)

    Mehmed Zihni’s biographical dictionary of women, in two volumes. The photographed title page of volume I names Istanbul’s Dârü’t-Tıbâati’l-Âmire printing house and gives the date 1294 AH. Hardcover, in poor condition.

    Title: Meşâhirü’n-Nisa (Famous Women), volumes I and II
    Author: Mehmed Zihni
    Place: Istanbul
    Printer: Dârü’t-Tıbâati’l-Âmire (photographed volume I)
    Language: Ottoman Turkish
    Date: Volume I: 1294 AH (1877–1878); volume II publication date not established
    Format: Hardcover, two volumes
    Condition: Poor

    Historical context

    Mehmed Zihni Efendi (1846–1913) compiled biographies of about 1,165 women famous in learning, literature and politics, arranged alphabetically in two volumes. The Ottoman Ministry of Education had volume I printed in 1294 AH (1877) and volume II in 1295 AH (1878) at the Dârü’t-Tıbâati’l-Âmire.

    Sources: Ahmet Yesevi University, Meşâhirü’n-Nisâ.

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