COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Rushtu, Mehmet
Author:
Eshref, Mehmet
Date:
1909
Short Title:
Baghdad Vilayeti
Publisher:
Shirket-i Murettibiye Matbaasi
Publisher Location:
Istanbul
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
29
Obj Width cm:
30
Scale 1:
1,500,000
Note:
Detailed color folded map of Baghdad today capital of Iraq, was the capital of one of the administrative division of the Ottoman Empire. Showing administrative boundaries, major cities, towns, roads, railroads, rivers and mountains. Relief shown by hachure.
Country:
Turkey
City:
Baghdad (Iraq)
Region:
Ottoman Empire
Region:
Middle East
Subject:
Ottoman Mapping
Subject:
Historical
Full Title:
Baghdad Vilayeti. (to accompany) Memalik-i Mahruse-yi Shahaneʼye mahsus : Mukemmel ve mufassal atlas = Special Imperial complete and detailed atlas of the protected countries. Asar: Mehmet Nasrullah, Mehmet Rushtu, Mehmet Eshref. Kitaphane-yi Tefeyyuz. Istanbul: Shirket-i Murettibiye Matbaasi - 1325 (1909).
List No:
13019.032
Series No:
32
Publication Author:
Nasrullah, Mehmet
Publication Author:
Rushtu, Mehmet
Publication Author:
Eshref, Mehmet
Pub Date:
1909
Pub Title:
Memalik-i Mahruse-yi Shahaneʼye mahsus : Mukemmel ve mufassal atlas = Special Imperial complete and detailed atlas of the protected countries. Asar: Mehmet Nasrullah, Mehmet Rushtu, Mehmet Eshref. Tabe va nashiri: Kitabkhane-yi Tefeyyz. Istanbul: Shirket-i Murettibiye Matbaasi - 1325 (1909).
Pub Note:
The first hand atlas of the administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire in Arabic and Turkish. In 135, (6) pages of 35 maps and descriptive text outlining the political geography of the empire as applicable to taxation, the census and infrastructure development, major cities, population, and products. Atlas was used during the rule of the ‘Young Turks’ as they led the empire into World War I. The atlas focuses on the internal political geography of the empire, with the boundaries of the vilayets (provinces, regions) as they were reformed in 1884 (and which remained valid in 1909). The atlas is divided into three parts. Part I: Avrupa-yi Osmani (Ottoman Europe); maps nos. 1-12, covering Istanbul, Rumelia, Northern Greece, the Aegean Islands, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia and Crete. Part II, ‘Asya-yi Osmani’ [Ottoman Asia], maps nos. 12-34, covering Anatolia, Syria, Iraq, Cyprus, Lebanon, the Holy Land and a map of the Arabian Peninsula (with the Ottoman possessions of Hejaz and Yemen). Part III, (Afrika-yi Osmani (Ottoman Africa), a single map (no. 35), depicting Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Algeria. The atlas consist of 35 double-page detailed colored maps, each of which focuses upon a different vilayet or the Ottoman Empire provinces, labeling all major administrative centers, cities and towns, administrative and international boundaries, as well as the routes of railways. Place names are in Arabic and Turkish. The atlas also covers the Ottoman Empire, the so-called ‘Protected Countries’, including regions that were part of the empire in name only. For instance, since 1878, Bulgaria was in essence an independent state, while Cyprus was, in effect, a British colony; meanwhile, since 1882, Egypt was governed by a joint Anglo-Local administration. The atlas is dedicated to Sultan Abdul Hamid II. Bound in original light blue cloth with elaborate gilt-embossed calligraphic and decorative designs.
Pub List No:
13019.000
Pub Type:
Regional Atlas
Pub Maps:
35
Pub Height cm:
21
Pub Width cm:
14
Image No:
13019032.jp2
Authors:
Rushtu, Mehmet; Eshref, Mehmet
