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106 p. of Arabic autograph manuscript written by the author in Riq'aa script in back with many diagrams and mathematical shapes. Isma'il Pasha b. Serheng b. Abdullah al Giridi (initially from Crete) born and died in Egypt . He was a historian and admiral in the Egyptian navy . He learned in the naval school where he appointed as a director there , then a deputy of the ministry of war . He participated in the revolutionary movement of Orabi Pasha but didn't judged . Beside Arabic, he was fluent in English , French, Italian, Turkish, and some in Russian. He wrote a comprehensive work on history called : Haqa'iq al Akhbar 'an Doual al Bihar , which printed in three volumes in Bulaq , Cairo. (Khayr du Din al Zirikli : al A'laam vol. 1 p. 310)