Historical Picture Albums / Atlases

A first time comprehensive album presenting the marvelous collection of the Sacred Relics in Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul. 352 full color pages. Comes in a white cardboard box.

The Turkish and Islamic Museum exhibits Turkish and Islamic culture. Its beautiful building had been given to the Grand Vizir Ibrahim Pasha as a gift from Sultan Suleyman in 1520. Turkish and Islamic Works Museum exhibits almost all periods and all types of Islamic art. It has a collection exceeding forty thousand works.

Topkapi Palace was the capital of the Ottoman Empire for four centuries. Located in Istanbul's peninsular old city which falls inside the ancient Roman walls, the palace is a large complex (320 acres) overlooking the Marmara Sea, Bosporus, and the Golden Horn where Europe meets Asia. Topkapi Palace: Milestones in Ottoman History provides a visual tour to this most visited historic site of Turkiye-over two million visitors a year. Aside from hundreds of images of the marvelous porcelain collection-the largest of its kind in the world-the imperial Harem, the pavillion of the sacred relics, the imperial court ant other exhibitions, the author provides a detailed narrative of the Ottoman history in relation to various sections of the palace.

Currently the president of the Topkapi Palace, Ilber Ortayli is one of the most celebrated and popularly read professors of Ottoman history. He also chairs the Public Law Department at Galatasaray University in Istanbul. He has more than twenty books published.

The most exquisite memories of the Ottoman history are brought back to life with an album of photographs from the Yildiz Collection. In the 1880s upon an order of Sultan Abdülhamid II, Mecca and Medina, the two sanctuaries of Islam, were photographed and catalogued, together with thousands of other frames that portrayed the Ottoman lands. There are over 80 photographs in the album showing us what these holy cities looked like in the 19th century and what they have lost over the course of time. Includes pictures of the Ka’ba and the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, cemeteries of Jannat al-Mualla and Jannat al-Baqi, tombs of Khadija and Hamza, Ajyad fortress and Ottoman barracks, Mina, Mount Arafat, the Beirut Port and the cities of Lebanon. The book has velvet cover similar to the original Yildiz albums of Sultan Abdulhamid II.

Pictures and maps of places linked with the Companions. Includes accounts of their lives and salient events. Beautiful four color printing on art paper. This picture album, the first of its kind in Urdu, will be very helpful in understanding the lives of the noble Companions.

This unique atlas covers the period from the first Khalifa Abu Bakr Siddiq to the reign of Sultan Murad III (d. 1003/1595). The maps, illustrations, and summarized info bring this vast history alive for the readers. Land covered includes the Middle East, Central Asia, Morocco, Spain and Central Europe. See how the world looked like at that time. The paths the armies took. Some the relics of the beautiful civilization they created.

A Journey through Islamic History tells you all you ever wanted to know about the history of the Muslim world from the Prophet Muhammad to Malcolm X in a short, accessible and lavishly-illustrated format.

Shah Misbahuddin Shakil has produced this absolute gift of his labor of love. An atlas of the Prophetic life, richly illustrated with full color maps, pictures and diagrams. Printed in full color on art paper. Includes references to all historic facts. Every page also has some heart warming verses from a galaxy of Urdu poets. This is most definitely a collector's coveted treasure. Makes a great gift as well.

Beautiful colored historic maps and pictures for the places, people, and events mentioned in the Qur'an. This will help bring our understanding of the Qur'anic narratives to a new height. Each section has a list of the Qur'anic verses related to it and breif notes about it in addition to the maps and pictures.

Pictures and maps of 1500 places linked with the prophets. Includes accounts of visitors to these places. Beautiful four color printing on art paper. This picture album, the first of its kind in Urdu, will be very helpful in understanding the lives of the Prophets.

English translation of the well known Atlas of the Qur'an by Dr. Shawqi Abu Khalil. The translators engaged in their own research which has further enhanced and corrected the original Arabic work. It will raise your understanding of the Qur'anic narratives to a new height.