[ARABIA / 17TH CENTURY TRAVEL ACCOUNT OF MECCA & MEDINA (HEJAZ)] تحفه الحرمىن / Tuhfetü'l-Harameyn. [i.e. A gift to Harameyn]

YUSUF NÂBÎ (URFALI), (1642-1712). Darü't-Tıbaatü'l-Âmîre., Kostantiniyyah (Constantinople), AH 1265 = [AD 1849]. Contemporary quarter black leather with gilt decoration to the spine. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 112 p. A very good copy. Extremely rare first edition of Nabi's first-hand account of his 17th century pilgrimage to Mecca, Medina, and the Hejaz. This is the most celebrated pilgrimage narrative to the Arab lands written in Ottoman Turkish, composed in 1682. This work, one of the finest examples of Ottoman insa (artistic prose), blends historical, sociological, geographical, and autobiographical elements. In his preliminary remarks, Nabi states that he received governmental assistance for his journey. He first secured permission for the hajj from his patron, Musahib Mustafa Pasha, and then presented a qasida to Sultan Mehmed IV, describing the sacred sites. In response, the sultan provided Nabi with a letter of recommendation