Special Maps of Persia 1477-1925 (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 the Near and Middle East, 99)

This volume complements the best-seller and award-winning General Maps of Persia . Cyrus Alai continued his research and collected further material to produce this volume, covering every map of that region, other than general maps. Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Special Abbreviations Acknowledgements Foreword Preface Chapter One: Historical Maps Section One: The Ancient (Pre-Islamic) Periods in General E. 1-25 Section Two: Median Period E. 26-30 Section Three: Achaemenid Period E. 31-54 Section Four: Alexander Campaign and Seleucid Period E. 55-91 Section Five: Parthian (Arsacids) and Sasanian Periods E. 92-102 Section Six: Pre-Safavid Islamic Period E. 103-109 Chapter Two: District Maps: Section One: Azerbaijan, Northwest Persia E. 110-126 Section Two: Baluchistan and Sistan, Southeast Persia E. 127-139 Section Three: Fars, South Persia E. 140-154 Section Four: Gilan, North Persia E. 155-167 Section Five: Khorasan, East Persia E. 168-179 Section Six: Southwest Persia: Kurdistan E. 180-184 Bakhtiari Mountains E. 185-188 Luristan E. 189-192 Khuzistan and Southwest Persia E. 193-198 Section Seven: West Persia E. 199-223 Chapter Three: Caspian Sea and its Persian Shores E. 224-248 Chapter Four: Persian Gulf, Persian Shores and Islands Section One: The Persian Gulf E. 249-301 Section Two: Persian Shores, Parts of the Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman E. 302-348 Section Three: The Persian Islands E. 349-358 Chapter Five: Frontier Maps Section One: Western Frontiers E. 359-378 Section Two: Northern Frontiers E. 379-386 Section Three: Eastern Frontiers E. 387-405 Chapter Six: Route Maps E. 406-528 Chapter Seven: Town Maps, Historical Sites Collection of Towns E. 529 Ardebil E. 530-533 Bampur E. 534 Bandar Abbas E. 535-541 Bisotun E. 542 Bushehr E. 543-551 Hamadan E. 552-553 Hormoz E. 554-557 Isfahan: City of Isfahan E. 558-567 Meydan-i-Shah E. 568-575 Other Important Monuments E. 576-581 Izad-Khvast E. 582-583 Jolfa E. 584-585 Kashan E. 586-590 Kerman E. 591-593 Kermanshah E. 594 Mashhad E. 595-596 Persepolis E. 597-604 Qazvin E. 605 Qom E. 606-609 Qomsheh E. 610-611 Rey E. 612 Sarakhs E. 613 Sarpol-i-Zahab E. 614 Saveh E. 615-617 Shiraz E. 618-624 Soltanieh E. 625-628 Tabriz E. 629-632 Teheran E. 633-640 Yazd E. 641 Historical Sites E. 642-652 Chapter Eight: Political, Transport/Communication, and Tribal Maps Section One: Political and Military Maps E. 653-671 Section Two: Transport, Communication and Economic Maps E. 672-715 Section Three: Tribal Maps E. 716-720 Chapter Nine: Natural-Topographical and Geological Maps Section One: Rivers E. 721-738 Section Two: Lakes and Salt Plains E. 739-744 Section Three: Mountains and Cross-Sections E. 745-750 Section Four: Geological Maps E. 751-761 List of Consulted Map Collections List of Plates Bibliography Chronological Index of Map Entries Index of Personal and Institutional Names Index of Geographical Names This volume complements the best-seller and award-winning General Maps of Persia, praised by Dr. John Hébert, Chief of the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress: “This carefully researched work is a must have item in any collection of research materials on the history of cartography... I cannot wait for the arrival of subsequent volumes of further great scholarship and readable map reproductions on other detailed aspects of the history of mapping of Persia.” Encouraged by numerous commending reviews in five languages – English, French, German, Persian and Armenian – and gratifying testimonials from many renowned authorities in the fields of ‘History of Cartography'and ‘Iranian Studies', Cyrus Alai continued his research and collected further material to produce the present volume: Special Maps of Persia, 1477-1925, covering every map of that region, other than general maps. Thus, it not only complements the General Maps of Persia, it is also a completely new volume in its own right and, providing an even closer insight into the region. The book is divided into nine chapters: Historical Maps, District Maps, Frontier Maps, Town Maps, Political Maps etc. Like the preceding volume, it has a dual character, being both a carto-bibliography and a mapping history of Persia. It contains 761 map-entries, of which 409 are illustrated, mostly in colour. Concise related historical accounts precede every chapter and section, and essential historical notes are also supplied within many of the map entries.Undoubtedly, this book is a treasure house not just for cartographers, but also historians, social historians, linguists and archaeologists. The set Maps of Persia includes the second, revised edition of the General Maps of Persia (2010) and the first edition of the Special Maps of Persia. By Cyrus Alai. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.