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MAGHREB -- IBN ZAYDÂN, 'Abd al-Rahmân. Ithâf a'lâm al-nâs bi-jamâl akhbâr hâdirat Miknâs. Rabat, al-Matba'a al-Wataniyya, 1929-1933. 5 vols. W. num. charts & photogr. Bound in later hcf. extra w. gilt lettering.
This monumental work is the definitive historical and biographical encyclopedia of the city of Meknes, Morocco. The author, a member of the Alaouite royal family and official state historian, had unprecedented access to the royal archives. The volumes contain a wealth of primary source documents, royal decrees, and extensive biographies of sultans, scholars, and local notables, with a particular focus on the reign of Sultan Moulay Ismaïl. - Rare original edition.€ 400
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