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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

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

Tiëntsin  

Publication Date:  1903
Creator:  Hasse
Germany. Heer. Kaiserliches Ostasiatisches Expeditionskorps
Kartographischen Abteilung der Königl. Preuss. Landes-Aufnahme
Publisher:  Kartographischen Abteilung der K. preuss. Landes-Aufnahme ( Germany )
Format:  58 x 62 cm
Subjects:  Tientsin
Tiëntsin
China -- Tianjin
Wingate, Orde Charles, 1903-1944
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

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

Printed map of South Eastern Africa, annotated by David Livingstone  

Publication Date:  1850
Creator:  Livingstone, David, 1813-1873
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  H98 x W66 cm
Subjects:  Livingstone, David, 1813-1873
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  On permanent loan from the Council for World Mission Archive.

Persia, Arabia and Cabul [Kabul] drawn by J Smith, engraved by W R Gardner for Smith's Atlas, and published in London by Charles Smith (MCA/01/01/06/35)  

Publication Date:  [1826]
Creator:  Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833
Gardner, W. R.
Publisher:  Charles Smith
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 26.5x35.5 on sheet 31.5x43cm
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

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

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

جهان نما  

Publication Date:  1145 [1732]
Creator:  Kâtip Çelebi, 1609-1657
كاتب جلبي
Katib Celebi, 1609-1657
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  15 x 14 cm.
Technique:  Watercolour and ink on paper - Watercolour is an application over woodblock printing - Ink (red on maps and black on text pages) provide map labels and textual commentary.
Subjects:  Geography
Atlases
Maps
World maps
Haritalar
Coğrafya
Dünya atlaslar
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Persia drawn and engraved by William Home Lizars and published by him in Edinburgh (MCA/01/01/06/49)  

Publication Date:  [1840]
Publisher:  William Home Lizars
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 23.5x19.5 on sheet 36x29cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Vestiges of Assyria, sheet 1st, an ichnographic sketch of the remains of ancient Nineveh with the enceinte of the modern Mosul, the [Arabic inscription] of Arab M.S.S. and the ΜΕΣПΙΛΑ of the Anabasis constructed from the trigonometrical survey in the spring of 1852 at the command of the government of India ...  

Publication Date:  1855
Creator:  J. & C. Walker (Firm)
Jones, James Felix
Publisher:  John Walker
Measurements:  122 x 69 cm
Subjects:  Iraq--Nineveh (Extinct city) -- Maps
Iraq -- Calah (Extinct city) -- Maps
Iraq -- Mosul -- Maps
Archeology
Archaeology
علم الآثار
آسيا -- العراقية -- محافظة نينوى -- الموصل
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

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

[ Detailed map of Ottoman Asia by Mohamad Nasrollah and Mohamad Roshdi, published in Istanbul] (MCA/01/03/06)  

Publication Date:  c. 1912
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  image 61.5x94cm on sheet 68.5x101cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
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

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