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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

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

Plan exact de Gomron ou du Bandar Abassi de L'Isle d'Ormus et des Isles voisines [An exact plan of Gomron or Bandar Abbasi, the Island of Hormuz and neighbouring islands] by Jean Baptiste Tavernier and published in Paris (MCA/01/02/04/05)  

Publication Date:  1676
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 24x36 on sheet 26.5x34.5cm
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

[ 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

Persia by the mapmaker John Seller and published in London (MCA/01/01/06/04)  

Publication Date:  [1678]
Creator:  Sellar, John
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 9.5x5.5 on sheet 11x14.5cm
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

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

Persia, Afghanistan and Beloochistan [Balochistan] by J. Bartholomew published in London and Glasgow by William Collins Sons & Co (MCA/01/01/06/69)  

Publication Date:  1870
Creator:  Bartholomew, J.G. (John George), 1860-1920
Publisher:  William Collins Sons & Co
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 32.5x42.5 on sheet 37x47cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Neueste Spezialkarte von Persien [New special map of Persia] with inset maps of the ruins of Babylon and Nineveh by mapmaker Josel Graessi and published in Hilburghausen by the Bibliographisches Institut (MCA/01/01/05/12)  

Publication Date:  1855
Publisher:  Bibiliographisches Institut
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 34.5x44.5 on sheet 36.5x46.6cm
Technique:  Hand coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Kom [Qom], Ville de la Province d'Yerack en Perse by Adam Olearius and published in Leiden by Pierre vander Aa(Pieter van der Aa) (MCA/01/02/06/11)  

Publication Date:  [1719]/[1656]
Creator:  Olearius, Adam, 1603-1671
Publisher:  Pierre vander Aa
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  image 29x35.5 on sheet 34x44.5cm
Technique:  Black and white
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Iran -- Qom
ایران -- قم
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Carte la plus-nouvelle et plus-exacte du Royaume de Perse [The newest and most accurate map of the Kingdom of Persia] published in Leiden by Pieter van der Aa (MCA/01/01/03/18)  

Publication Date:  [1729]
Publisher:  Pieter van der Aa
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 28.5x33.5 on sheet 56.5x65cm
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

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

Isfahan by Adam Olearius published in Gottorf, Germany (MCA/01/02/06/05)  

Publication Date:  [1647]
Creator:  Olearius, Adam, 1603-1671
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  image 25x33 on sheet 33.5x42cm
Technique:  Black and white
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Iran -- Iṣfahān
ایران -- اصفهان
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

A new and accurate map of Persia with the adjacent countries, drawn from the most approved modern maps & The whole being regulated by astronomical observations by Emmanuel Bowen and published in London (MCA/01/01/06/10)  

Publication Date:  [1752]
Creator:  Bowen, Emanuel
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 35x42.5 on sheet 48x60.5cm
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

Carte de l'Empire de Perse by mapmaker Rigobert Bonne, engraved by Arrivet and published in Paris (MCA/01/01/04/13)  

Publication Date:  1771
Creator:  Bonne, Rigobert, 1727-1794
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 32x43.5 on sheet 39x52cm
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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