Salim al-Jaza'iri · Atlas

in the texts

Kitāb mīzān al-ḥaqq fī al-manṭiq20th Century · Arabic

The author of the treatise, an Ottoman staff officer of Damascene Algerian descent who signs the introduction with his military rank

Qūl Aghāsī of the general staff (arkān ḥarb) of the Fifth Turkish Corps Muḥammad Salīm al-Jazāʼirī al-Ḥasanī

introduction ¶ · printed page 14

and if not, then at the least I shall have alerted minds to the need of reforming this important art, in the hope that one of wider learning and reflection than I may be granted success in it

introduction ¶ · printed page 14

And I have mentioned to you here the most important of what occurs in most conversations.

ch. 3 ¶ · printed page 35