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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

Gamron [Bandar Abbas], een groot vlek in het Lantschap Kirman, nite verre van Ormus [Gamron, a large village in the Kerman district, not far from Hormuz] by Pieter Schenk published in Amsterdam (MCA/01/02/06/03)  

Publication Date:  [1702]
Creator:  Schenk, Peter, 1660-1718 or 1719
Material:  Paper
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

Map of the Island of Kishm (Qeshm) to accompany the paper by Lieut Col Lewis Pelly published in London for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society by John Murray (MCA/01/02/04/07)  

Publication Date:  [1864]
Publisher:  John Murray
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 11x18 on sheet 14x22cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Part of the Jerahi River with its canals by Austin Henry Layard, cartography by John Arrowsmith published in London by John Murray for the Royal Geographical Society (MCA/01/02/08/02)  

Publication Date:  [1846]
Publisher:  John Murray for the Royal Geographical Society
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 20.5x12 on sheet 22x28cm
Technique:  Black and white
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Carte des Pays Voisins de la Mer Caspiene dresses pour l'usage du Roy by Guillaume Delisle (De l'Isle) engraved by Marin and published in Paris (MCA/01/02/03/03)  

Publication Date:  [1723]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 54x61 on sheet 64x65cm
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

La grande et belle Ville de Kaschan [Kashan] en Perse by Adam Olearius and published in Leiden by Pierre vander Aa (Pieter van der Aa) (MCA/01/02/06/09)  

Publication Date:  [1719]
Creator:  Olearius, Adam, 1603-1671
Publisher:  Pierre vander Aa
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  image 27.5x36 on sheet 34x45cm
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

The Kingdom of Persia engraved by J Hatchett published in London by William Faden (MCA/01/01/06/17)  

Publication Date:  [1798]
Publisher:  William Faden
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 12x10 on sheet 17.5x15.5cm
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

Teheran [Tehran] [from the Universal Atlas, Hilburghausen, Germany] (MCA/01/03/04)  

Publication Date:  [1840]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  image 11x14 on sheet 15x22.5cm
Technique:  Black and white
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Persia and Afghanistan published by Rand McNally & Co. in Chicago (MCA/01/01/07/07)  

Publication Date:  1895, 1902
Publisher:  Rand McNally & Co
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 23.5x32 on sheet 28x35.5cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Asia -- Afghanistan
Asia -- Pakistan -- Balochistan
اسیا -- افغانستان
اسیا -- پاکستان -- بلوچستان
ਏਸ਼ੀਆ - ਅਫਗਾਨਿਸਤਾਨ
ਏਸ਼ੀਆ - ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ - ਬਲੋਚਿਸਤਾਨ
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

Untitled map of Western and Southern Asia [by Sir Walter Raleigh] engraved by Emanuel Bowen (MCA/01/02/01/02)  

Publication Date:  [1736]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 24.5x27 on sheet 36x45cm
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

Map of Persia, Arabia, Turkey in Asia, Afghanistan, Beloochistan [Balochistan] published in Philadelphia by S Augustua Mitchell (MCA/01/01/07/05)  

Publication Date:  1877
Creator:  Mitchell, Samuel Augustis
Publisher:  S. Augustus Mitchell
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 27x34.5 on sheet 31.5x38.5cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Middle East -- Maps
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Provinciarum Persicarum Kilaniae [The Persian province of Gilan] Chirvaniae Dagestaniae aliarumque vicinarum regionorum partium Nova Geographica Tabula by Johan Baptist Homann published in Nuremberg (MCA/01/02/02/06)  

Publication Date:  1728
Creator:  Homann, Johann Baptist
Olearius, Adam, 1603-1671
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 49x58.5 on sheet 51x59.5cm
Technique:  Hand coloured
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Russia -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
روسیه -- نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Carte Marine de la Mer Caspiene levee suivant les ordres de S M Czariene [Marine chart of the Caspian Sea drawn up following the orders of His Majesty the Czar] par Mr Carl Vanverden by Guillaume Delisle (De Lisle) and published in Amsterdam by Reinier Ottens (MCA/01/02/03/04)  

Publication Date:  1723
Publisher:  Reinier Ottens
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  top map 54x61 on sheet 64x65cm; lower map 46x59.5 on sheet 54x64.5cm
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
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