Special Maps of Persia 1477-1925.

• Superior document: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 the near and Middle East
• VerfasserIn: Alai, Cyrus,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2010.; ©2010.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 the near and Middle East
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (484 pages)

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.

Table of Contents

Intro -- 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.