Arabia - Persia
First scientific survey of the Islamic holy city of Madinah.
حرم شريف ايله سائر اماكين مباركه وعسكريه وباشلوجه اسواقى كوسترر مدينه منوره شهرينك طپوغرافياى منظمه اصوليله اخذ اولنان خريطه سيدر. / [Map of the Prophet’s Mosque (Haram Sharif) with All Sacred Places, Military Buildings and Main Squares Showing Topography of the City of Medina Al-Munawwarah with a Legend]
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A seminal map. This large-scale Arabic manuscript map is the first scientific survey of the Islamic holy city of Medina (المدينة المنورة / Madinah), in modern-day Saudi Arabia. The map was compiled for Abd al-Mutalib ibn Ghalib, Emir and Grand Sharif of Mecca, known for his pro-slavery anti-Ottoman positions, as well as for his modernization of infrastructure in both Mecca and Medina. (more details)
Battle for the Fate of the Levant.
ردشمنلوا میسرت كنویامه هیرب هناخسدنهم هطیرح وبشا [This map was drawn by the Imperial Engineering Office].
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An extraordinary, one-of-a-kind large-format manuscript folding map of Ottoman Syria produced by the sultan's Imperial Engineering Office c. 1832. It was made in the context of the First Egyptian Ottoman War (1831 - 1833), which saw the region temporarily come under Egyptian rule. (more details)
Struggle for dominance in the Arab World.
This is an extremely rare c. 1968 Arabic-language wall map of the Arab Lands, prepared by one S.H.A., printed by Ahmed Al-Bajuri, and published by Mustafa Al-Babi Al-Halabi and Sons. It was produced during a period of upheaval and the independence of new nations, resulting in ephemeral and contested borders. While expressing a Nasser-style pan-Arabist perspective, it also evokes a standing struggle for cultural and political dominance over the Arab World. (more details)
First printed map of Tabriz.
نقشه دارالسلطنه تبریز / [Map of Dār al-Salṭana (the Royal City) Tabriz].
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This rare 1880 Persian-language map of Tabriz, Iran, was prepared by engineer Mohammad Reza and military officer Colonel Qarajadāghī at the pioneering Tabriz Darulfunun (Tabriz State School). It is notable not only as one of the few surviving Persian-language maps from the 19th century and as the most detailed map of Tabriz at the time, but also for reflecting the situation of Tabriz and Qajar Iran. Located in the far northwest of Iran, Tabriz was on the front lines of a decades-long imperial tug-of-war between Qajar Iran, Tsarist Russia, and the Ottoman Empire. The city's proximity to Europe also supported a flourishing commercial economy and the early introduction of new technologies and practices, including recent developments in lithographic printing and scientific surveying. (more details)
Earliest Map of Abu Dhabi after Independence.
This is a large-format c. 1971 Arabic-language map of Abu Dhabi and environs prepared by Mohamed Morsi Abdullah. It constitutes the earliest official map of Abu Dhabi as an independent, post-colonial entity and as the capital of the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.). (more details)
Earliest Geological Map of the UAE - the underpinning of regional oil development.
خارطة جيولوجية للإمارات العربية المتحدة / Geological Map of the United Arab Emirates.
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This is a scarce, large-format bilingual 1976 geological map of the United Arab Emirates prepared by Hunting Geology and Geophysics Ltd. Produced just after the country's independence and formation, it represents the earliest geological map of the UAE and a benchmark on the country's exploitation of petroleum, which has fueled its phenomenal economic growth in the decades since. (more details)
Earliest Official Map of the U.A.E.
This is a 1973 large-format Arabic-language folding map of the United Arab Emirates compiled by Ezzedin Ibrahim Mustafa and Mohamed Morsy Abdullah. It is the earliest official map of the country and captures it in the months after its creation. (more details)
Best general mapping of Arabia in Persia - drawn from first hand reports and exploration.
Map of the Counties Situated between the Rivers Nile and Indus; serving as an Inex to the work on the Expedition for hte Survey of the Euphrates and Tigris Drawn from Materials furinished by Lieut. Colonel Chesney R. S. F.R.S.
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This is a 1850 general map of Arabia and Persia, illustrating the route of Rawdon Chesney's Euphrates Expedition (1835 - 1837). Decades before the Suez Canal, Chesney proposed the Euphrates as a viable route for steamers to reach the Persian Gulf and, thus, India, avoiding the dangerous months-long voyage around Africa. The cartography presented is the most advanced general mapping of Arabia and Persia then available, being either directly derived from the 1830s Euphrates Expedition or collected from local sources en route. (more details)
Seminal Map heralding the birth of Qatar's Petroleum Industry.
This is a remarkable, very large-format 1970 bilingual three-sheet geological map of Qatar, prepared by an international team of geologists and published by Ali Mohammed Jaidah. It represents the first comprehensive geological survey of the country and therefore played an important role in the subsequent development of Qatar's oil and gas industry. (more details)
First Comprehensive Geological Survey of Bahrain
This is a colorful c. 1976 geological map of Bahrain, prepared by the country's Ministry of Works, Power, and Water in conjunction with a team of British scientists. It was the product of the seminally important first comprehensive geological Survey of Bahrain, compiled soon after independence. (more details)
Saudi map of the Arab World in transition.
الْجَزِيرَةُ الْعَرَبِيَّةُ خَرِيطَةٌ طَبِيعِيَّةٌ سِيَاسِيَّةٌ / [The Arabian Peninsula A Physical and Political Map].
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This is a c. 1950 Mohamed Abdelmonem Arabic-language wall map of the Middle East, printed by the Egyptian Mustafa al-Babi al-Halabi and Sons Press. It is recorded as being approved by the 'Directorate of Education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,' suggesting that it was intended for classroom use in the kingdom. (more details)
Arab World in the Wake of World War II.
بلاد العرب / [Arab Lands].
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This is a rare c. 1950 Arabic-language wall map of the Arab World, prepared by Ahmed Al-Bajuri and published by Mustafa Al-Babi Al-Halabi and Sons. It presents the region in the wake of World War II (1939 - 1945), as European colonial empires collapsed and Arab nations gained independence. (more details)
Maturation of Qatar's Oil and Gas Industries.
This is an extremely rare 1980 large-format bilingual geological map of Qatar, produced by Hunting Geology and Geophysics for the Qatari government. Issued nearly a decade after independence, the map played an important role in the country's continued development of its oil and gas industries, the wealth from which was successfully leveraged to support wider social and economic development. (more details)
Birth of Qatar's Petroleum Boom, Prepared on the Eve of Independence.
This is a stunning, large-format 1970 bilingual geological map of Qatar, prepared by an international team of geologists and published by Ali Mohammed Jaidah. It represents the first comprehensive geological survey of the country and therefore played an important role in the subsequent development of Qatar's oil and gas industry. (more details)
Ornate Wartime Bird's-Eye View of Mecca.
رسم مشاعر الحج : نقلا عن كتاب مراة الحرمين لأمير الحج اللواء ابراهيم رفعت باشا / [Depicting the Emotions of Hajj: Excerpted from the book Mir'at al-Haramayn by the Commander of the Hajj Caravan, Major General Ibrahim Rifaat Pasha].
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This is a c. 1942 decorative Hajj souvenir view of the Muslim holy city of Mecca (Makkah) and surroundings, based on the work of Ibrahim Rifat Pasha. Taking in the Kabaa, the Great Mosque, and the Plain of Arafat, it would have been intended for a Hajji to remind them of the apex and core ritual components of their pilgrimage. (more details)
Kuwait Becomes a Major Player in the Global Oil Industry.
This is a scarce, large-format bilingual geological map of Kuwait, prepared in 1981 by Hunting Geology and Geophysics for the Kuwait Oil Company. It was produced at a time when Kuwait's oil production was undergoing rapid changes, including the creation of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), of which the Kuwait Oil Company became a subsidiary, and expansion into international markets and the securing of vertical integration. (more details)
High Point of Egyptian-Saudi Relations.
This is an unrecorded c. 1955 Arabic-language map of Saudi Arabia prepared by the Al-Ragha'ib Press in Egypt. It was issued during a warm period of Egyptian-Saudi relations, before the two countries became leaders of opposing blocs in the Arab Cold War. (more details)
Dubai - Origins of an Economic Miracle.
Entrance of the Persian Gulf.
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This is a 1945 British Admiralty large-format nautical chart of the Strait of Hormuz encompassing the Entrance to the Persian Gulf, one of the most strategically important locations in the world. The chart is notable for its inclusion of Dubai, at this time still a small fishing and pearling port but poised to become an economic powerhouse following the discovery of oil in the 1960s. (more details)
Aramco's Transition to Nationalization and Offshore Fields
This is a rare, large-format 1963 map of eastern Arabia, updated to 1981, produced by the Arabian American Oil Company (Aramco). In addition to including Saudi Arabia's largest and most important onshore oil fields, it also marks several offshore oil fields at a time when offshore oil exploration and exploitation was increasing. (more details)
Last surviving of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Pyramids of Geezeh.
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A scarce 1848 David Roberts' dramatic hand-tinted lithographic view of the Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt - considered one of his most influential and iconic images. Roberts' work was influential in driving the Orientalism movement in 19th-century Europe. (more details)
A Defining Era for Aramco.
جزيرة العرب و المناطق المتاخمة لها خريطة تمهيدية / [The Arabian Peninsula and Adjacent Regions An Introductory Map].
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This is a stunning, large-format 1952 Arabic-language wall map of the Arabian Peninsula, issued by the oil giant, the Arabian American Oil Company (Aramco). It was issued at a critical time in the company's history, following its rearrangement to a 50/50 profit-sharing agreement with the Saudi state and the discovery in 1951 of the Safaniya Oil Field, the world's largest offshore field. (more details)
Modernizing Madinah
المدينة المنورة، مقياس / [al-Madinah al-Munawwarah].
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This is a scarce 1946 Survey of Egypt map of the Islamic holy city of Medina (or Madinah), in the Hejaz, Saudi Arabia. The map illustrates the Saudi drive to modernize the infrastructure and access of Islam's second-holiest city. (more details)
Early Days of Qatar's Oil Industry.
خريطة قطر مبيناً عليها البلاد والقرى والمواقع الهامة / [Map of Qatar showing the country, villages, and important sites].
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A scarce and striking 1963 map of Qatar, prepared by Abdel Badie Saqr, a leading figure in the country's educational bureaucracy. It presents the territory late in the period when it was a largely autonomous British Protectorate and in the early years of an oil and gas boom that has defined its economy ever since. (more details)
Second Map Printed in Palestine by a Palestinian Mapmaker.
المستعمرات الإسرائيلية في المناطق المحتلة ١٩٦٧ – ١٩٩٣ / [Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Territories 1967-1993].
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This is a scarce Arabic-language wall map of Israel-Palestine published in 1994 by Dr. Khalil Toufakji of the Arab Studies Society in Jerusalem. A map of great importance, focusing on Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, this is the second map ever printed in post-1948 Palestine and made by a Palestinian map maker. (more details)
Celebrating the Hejaz Railway from Damascus to Medina.
سوریه قطعه‌سی / [The Region of Syria].
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This exceptionally rare c. 1912 Ottoman folding map of the Levant highlights the Hejaz Railway. Across scorching deserts, waterless expanses, and some of the most unforgiving terrain on earth, the Ottoman Empire forged one of the Islamic world's great engineering achievements: the Hejaz Railway. Financed without European loans through contributions from Muslims around the globe and constructed increasingly by Ottoman engineers and Muslim workers, the line reached more than 1,300 kilometers from Damascus to Medina (المدينة) by 1908. (more details)
Spectacularly presented.
L'Asie divisée en ses Empires et Royaumes.
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A spectacularly presented c. 1787 Charles-François Delamarche / Robert de Vaugondy map of Asia. The beautifully presented map is laid down on unusual patterned linen and set into a fine royal blue slipcase with gold gilt tooling. (more details)
Indian Army's Showcase Campaign in the Great War.
Mesopotamia. Sheet No. 1. Basrah. No.888 D.D.D. 1917 (2.D.O.) S.I. 2000.
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This is a rare 1917 Survey of India map focusing on the key strategic regions of Basra-Zubair in south-eastern Iraq and the adjacent Khorramshahr area of Persia, and it is one of the first maps to show Abadan, the first oil boomtown of the Middle East. It was also a showcase theater for the employment of units of the Indian Army, whose officers were given charge of the campaign at the beginning of the war. (more details)
Baghdad in Transition from Ottoman to British Rule.
بغداد شهری / [City of Baghdad].
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This is a rare c. 1925 Ottoman Turkish map of Baghdad, originally prepared by Rashid (Reşid) Bey and updated by the Erkân-ı Harbiye-i Umûmiye Matbaasından, the Printing House of the General Staff of the Turkish military. Although published after the city's capture by British forces, the map presents the city at the end of the Ottoman period, with references to its earlier history. (more details)
Ottoman Preparations for the 'Last Stand' in the Levant.
يلديرم اردولر غروپى نزد مؤسسه مؤسسات صحيه و حيوانيه‌سى مشروحدور / [The medical and veterinary institutions and establishments attached to the Yıldırım Army Group are detailed here].
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This is a rare and likely unique c. 1918 large-format Ottoman military resource map of the Levant prepared by the Yıldırım Orduları Grubu (Lightning Armies Group), the elite field command established to halt the advancing British Empire and its Arab allies during the final stages of World War I (1914-1918). Combining printed cartography with handstamps and manuscript annotations, the map inventories the region's strategic infrastructure, emphasizing hospitals, medical depots, supply centers, transportation networks, and other critical military resources essential to sustaining Ottoman operations. Intended for high-level logistical planning rather than tactical battlefield use, such a comprehensive assessment of military assets would have been among the Ottoman Empire's most closely guarded wartime documents, offering an extraordinary glimpse into the administrative and logistical foundations of the Palestine Campaign. (more details)
Stunning Wall Map of Qatar.
This is a scarce, large-format bilingual wall map of Qatar, produced in 1990 by Clyde Surveys and Qatar's Ministry of Industry and Public Works. It was produced at a time when the country was in the early stages of development of its natural gas industry, which has since become world-leading. (more details)
Bride of the Red Sea.
جدّة المملكة العربية السعودية (الأقطار الحجازية) / [Jeddah The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Hijaz Region)].
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This is a scarce 1945 Arabic-language Survey of Egypt map of Jeddah (Jiddah), Saudi Arabia, the great transit point for Hajj pilgrims. It depicts the city at a time when it, like several other key Saudi cities, was being reshaped through profits from the Kingdom's abundant oil reserves. (more details)
Foundation of the mapping of Arabia.
[Tabula Sexta Asiae].
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This is Laurent (Lorenz) Fries' 1522 map of Arabia, among the earliest acquirable maps of the Arabian Peninsula. Although presenting 2nd-century Ptolemaic geography, this map remained accurate and relevant and one of the best maps of the peninsula available. (more details)