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La Persia [mapmaker S F Castell published in Valencia by Antonio Balle] (MCA/01/01/09/01)  

Publication Date:  [1729]
Publisher:  Antonio Balle
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map13.5x16.5 on sheet 17.5x24cm
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

Carte generale de l'Empire de Alexandre drawn up by Adrien Hubert Brue published in Paris by E Lavasseur (MCA/01/02/01/19)  

Publication Date:  1838 [1875]
Creator:  Brue, Adrien Hubert
Publisher:  E. Lavasseur
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 36x51.5 on sheet 48x61cm
Technique:  Hand coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
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

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

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 ex Adamo Oleario [Persia from Adam Olearius] by mapmakers Phillipus Cluverius and Adam Olearius published in Amsterdam by Elzevir & Bertius (MCA/01/01/03/09)  

Publication Date:  [1661]
Creator:  Olearius, Adam, 1603-1671
Clüver, Philipp, 1580-1622
Publisher:  Elzevir & Bertius
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 12x12 cm on sheet 13x13 cm
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

Alexandri Magni Macedonia Expeditio by Johannes Janssonius and Georgius Hornius [Horn, Honorius] published in Amsterdam (MCA/01/02/01/14)  

Publication Date:  [1652][1646?]
Creator:  Janssonius, Johannes
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 36.5x46.5 on sheet 52x62cm
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

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

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

Persia and Arabia drawn and engraved by John Dower and published in London by Henry Teesdale & Co (MCA/01/01/06/40)  

Publication Date:  [1831]
Creator:  Dower, John
Publisher:  Henry Teesdale & Co
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 34x41 on sheet 38.5x48.5cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  Iran -- Maps
ایران -- آسیا
ایران -- نقشه ها
Middle East -- Maps
Arabian Peninsula -- Maps
شبه جزیره عربستان -- نقشه ها
شرق میانه -- نقشه ها
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Persia sive Sophorum Regnum [Persia or the Safavid Kingdom] published in Amsterdam by mapmakers Willem J Blaeu, Joan Blaeu and Cornelius Blaeu (MCA/01/01/03/08)  

Publication Date:  [1651]/1634
Creator:  Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Blaeu, Cornelius
Publisher:  Willem J Blaeu, Joan Blaeu and Cornelius Blae
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 37.5x49.5 on sheet 41x32cm mounted on board
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

An accurate map of Persia by George Rollos Geogr[apher], published in London (MCA/01/01/06/12)  

Publication Date:  [1770]/66
Creator:  Rollos, George
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 27x33.5 on sheet 30.5x41cm
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

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

Saba, ville en Perse by Adam Olearius and published in Leiden by Pierre vander Aa (Pieter van der Aa) (MCA/01/02/06/12)  

Publication Date:  [1719]/[1656]
Creator:  Olearius, Adam, 1603-1671
Publisher:  Pierre vander Aa
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  image 27x30 on sheet 34.5x45cm
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
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