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Ancient Persian Empire drawn and engraved by John Dower and published in London by Henry Teesdale & Co (MCA/01/02/01/09)  

Publication Date:  1831
Creator:  Dower, John
Publisher:  Henry Teesdale & Co
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 34x41.5 on sheet 36.5x43.5cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  Iran -- Maps
ایران -- آسیا
ایران -- نقشه ها
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Perse moderne [Modern Persia] by mapmaker Alain Manesson Mallet published in Paris by Denys Thierry with a text titled De la ville d'Hisfahan [Isfahan] capitale de la Perse on the back (MCA/01/01/04/04)  

Publication Date:  [1683]
Publisher:  Denys Thierry
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 14x10 on sheet 21x14cm
Technique:  Black and white
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Verschiedene Prospecte der vornemsten Stadten in Persien [Various views of the most prominent cities in Persia]  

Publication Date:  [1716]
Creator:  Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724
Publisher:  Johann Baptist Homann ( Nuremberg )
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  image 49x58cm on sheet 52x60cm
Technique:  Copper etching. Hand coloured
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Persia, Afghanistan and Beloochistan [Balochistan] by William John Turner published by Blackie & Son, London Glasgow and Edinburgh (MCA/01/01/06/75)  

Publication Date:  [1893]
Publisher:  Blackie & Son
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 34.5x50.5 on sheet 39x56cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Etats de Grand-Siegneur en Asie, Empire de Perse, Pays des Usbecs, Arabie et Egypte [Countries of the Ottoman Emperor in Asia, the Persian Empire and the country of the Uzbeks, Arabia and Egypt] by mapmaker Didier Robert de Vaugondy and published in Paris (MCA/01/01/04/10)  

Publication Date:  1753
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 48x55.5 on sheet 55.5x76cm
Technique:  Hand coloured
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Oriens [East] by Christophorus Cellarius (Christopher Keller) published in Rome (MCA/01/02/01/24)  

Publication Date:  [1774]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 31.5x45.5 on sheet 40.5x54cm
Technique:  Black and white
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

A new map of Persia by mapmaker Robert Morden, published in London with a text titled "Of Arabia" on back (MCA/01/01/06/05)  

Publication Date:  [1680]
Creator:  Morden, Robert, approximately 1650-1703
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map10.5x12.5 on sheet 21x15.5cm
Technique:  Black and white
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Imperii Persici delineatio ex scriptis Potissimum Geographicis Arabum tentata ab Adriano Relando [The Persian Empire drawn....after Adrian Relando] published in Amsterdam by Petrus Schenk (MCA/01/01/03/14)  

Publication Date:  [1705]
Publisher:  Petrus Schenk
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 46x58 on sheet 54x62cm
Technique:  Hand coloured
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Coste de Perse sur la Mer Caspiene at partie de celles de Tartarie by Guillaume Delisle (De L'isle) surveyed by Carl van Verdan and published in Amsterdam (MCA/01/02/03/02)  

Publication Date:  [1721] 1723
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 44x62 on sheet 50.5x68cm
Technique:  Black and white
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

The Eastern part of the Ancient Persian Empire by mapmaker George Long engraved by J & C Walker published in London by Charles Knight under the Supervision of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (MCA/01/02/01/08)  

Publication Date:  1831
Creator:  Long, George
Walker, J.
Walker, C.
Publisher:  Charles Knight under the Supervision of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 28.5x36 on sheet 36x43cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

The Empire of Persia engraved by C Smith and E Jones and published in London by Laurie & Whittle (MCA/01/01/06/20)  

Publication Date:  1802
Publisher:  Laurie & Whittle
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 20.5x25 on sheet 25.5x28.5cm
Technique:  Hand coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

De l'Asie Figure LXXIII Ispahan (Isfahan) with text titled Du Meydan, & du palais des Roys de Perse on the back [by Allain Mallet published in Paris by Denys Thierry] (MCA/01/02/06/06)  

Publication Date:  [1683]
Publisher:  Denys Thierry
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  image 14x9.5 on sheet 21x14cm
Technique:  Black and white
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

New map of Persia divided into its Provinces from the latest authorities by T Kitchin (Thomas Kitchen) geographer and George Henry, geographer published in London by Alexander Hogg (MCA/01/01/06/15)  

Publication Date:  [1782]/1760?
Creator:  Kitchin, Thomas
Publisher:  Alexander Hogg
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 38x34 on sheet 49x37.5cm
Technique:  Hand coloured
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

A mapp of the Empire of the Sophie of Persia with its severall provinces designed by Moncr Sanson, Geographer to ye French king published in London by Richard Blome (MCA/01/01/06/03)  

Publication Date:  [1670/69]
Creator:  Blome, Richard
Sanson, Guillaume
Publisher:  Richard Blome (Bloome)
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 25.5x39.5 on sheet 34.5x42.5cm
Technique:  Black and white
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Turquie d'Asie et Perse [Asiatic Turkey and Persia] engraved by I Smith with lettering by A Bizet and published in Paris by Charles Lacoste (MCA/01/01/04/19)  

Publication Date:  1874
Publisher:  Charles Lacoste
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 32x42 on sheet 39x52cm
Technique:  Hand coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i
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