£20
India. Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart), No. 9. The History of India: The Hindu and Mahomedan Periods. Translated and Published into Urdu by The Scientific Society, first edition thus, Allygurh [i.e. Aligarh]: Printed at the Secretary Syud Ahmud's Private Press, 1866, cropped and repaired title, wormhole and some trails throughout the browned text, some loss of letters, perhaps not of sense, approx. [20]ff with patched repairs, uneven edges, later 20th c leather gilt over cloth, 8vo
Printed at the private Aligarh press of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan KCSI, FRAS (1817-1898), Indian Muslim reformer, pioneer of Muslim nationalism in India (which in turn lead to the Pakistan Movement), philosopher and educationalist.
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