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A Brief Guide to al-Haram al-Sharif, Jerusalem.

Auction 80 · Lot 171

A Brief Guide to al-Haram al-Sharif, Jerusalem.

Estimate
$600–$900
Hammer price
$800

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(JERUSALEM)

Place

Jerusalem, Moslem Orphanage Press for Supreme Moslem Council, 1924

Description

First edition. Photographic illustrations of the Temple Mount. Upper corner of rear cover with portions of Supreme Muslim Council stamp and here torn off, as all copies (for purposes of the Council’s internal accounting).

summary

The Supreme Muslim Council (headed by Haj Amin al-Husseini) here officially denotes the historic Jewish connection to the Temple Mount. This guide to the structures that comprise the al-Haram al-Sharif is overwhelmingly written from a Moslem perspective, nonetheless
pp. (24). Two neat hole-punches. Original printed wrappers. Sm. 4to.
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