COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
[Interior Ministry for Vilayets] Dakhilih nazarataa 'umur muhaliyh wilayat
Date:
1913
Short Title:
(Mosul Province) موصل ولايتى
Publisher:
Hilal Matbaasi
Publisher Location:
Istanbul
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
32
Obj Width cm:
52
Scale 1:
200,000
Note:
1329 Rumi = 1913 Dimensions are sheet size. Transcription and Translation of the Map Map Title Transcription (Ottoman Turkish): موصل ولايتى Translation (English): Mosul Province Legend (Key Map Elements) مركز ولایت Provincial Capital قصبه Town قریه Village نهر River حدود ولايتي Provincial Border حدود اداري Administrative Border طريق رئيسي Main Route طريق فرعي Secondary Route Scale Transcription (Ottoman Turkish): مقياس مسافة Translation (English): Scale of Distance The scale represents approximately 1:200,000, with distances marked in kilometers. Key Locations on the Map Major Cities and Towns: موصل Mosul (Provincial Capital, center of the map) كركوك Kirkuk (Located southeast of Mosul) سليمانيه Sulaymaniyah (Located further southeast) بغداد ولايتى Baghdad Province (Located to the south, outside Mosul Province) زركانك Zerkanak (Located northwest of Mosul) رانيه Ranya (Located northeast of Mosul) Geographic Features Rivers: دجله Tigris River (Flows south through Mosul and into Baghdad Province) زاب كبير رودخانهسي Greater Zab River (Flowing east of Mosul, merging with the Tigris) زاب صغير رودخانهسي Lesser Zab River (Flowing near Kirkuk and merging with the Tigris) Highlighted Routes موصل - كركوك طريق رئيسي Mosul - Kirkuk Main Route موصل - سليمانيه طريق رئيسي Mosul - Sulaymaniyah Main Route موصل - رانيه طريق فرعي Mosul - Ranya Secondary Route موصل - بغداد ولايتى طريق رئيسي Mosul - Baghdad Provincial Main Route
Country:
Iraq
Region:
Ottoman Empire
Subject:
Ottoman Mapping
Subject:
Roads
Full Title:
(Mosul Province) موصل ولايتى
List No:
16226.062
Series No:
62
Publication Author:
[Interior Ministry for Vilayets] Dakhilih nazarataa 'umur muhaliyh wilayat
Pub Date:
1913
Pub Title:
[Road Maps of the Ottoman Vilayets (Provinces)] Wilayat yawlalaa kharituh sydur
Pub Reference:
OCLC 51297423 (listing the work, but not citing the locations of any examples). Özege 22737. Türkiye Diyanet Vakfý - Ýslâm Araþtýrmalarý Merkezi (ÝSAM) [Turkey Diyanet Foundation - Centre for Islamic Studies, Istanbul] 912.95607 VÝL.Y. Dâhiliye Nezareti Umur-i Mahalliye ve Vilayat Müdürlügü Evraki [Archives of the Turkish Interior Ministry, Ankara] DH UMVM 74/31. Istanbul Büyüksehir Belediyesi Atatürk Kitapligi [Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Atatürk Library] 23589. Citations in recent academic publications: E. Erol, The Ottoman Crisis in Western Anatolia: Turkey’s Belle Epoque and the and the Transition to a Modern Nation State (London, 2016), pp. 73 & 301. A. Kisa, "II. Mesrutiyet Dönemi’nde Bitlis Vilayeti’nde Karayollari" [Highways in Bitlis Province During the Second Constitutional Era], Tarih ve Gelecek Dergisi, Aralik 2019, Cilt 5, Sayi 3 [Journal of History and the Future, December 2019, Vol. 5, Issue 3], pp. 702-711, esp. pp. 707-708.
Pub Note:
Ottoman Cartography: Mecca, The Hejaz and The Hajj. Dakhilih nazarataa 'umur muhaliyh wilayat [Interior Ministry for Vilayets]. Wilayat yawlalaa kharituh sydur [Road Maps of the Vilayets]. Istanbul: Dahiliye Nezareti Umur-Mahalliye-i Vilâyat Müdiriyeti, Hilâl Matbaas, 1329 Rumi [1913]. 26 bi-chrome lithographed double-page maps (each 48.5 x 31.5 cm), with 48 sheets of interleaved text, all contents unnumbered and entirely in Ottoman Turkish. Publisher’s original half black cloth over red boards with cover bearing the title and the Tughra of Sultan Mehmed V Reshad in gilt. This is one of the rarest and most extraordinary works of late Ottoman cartography, produced by the Interior Ministry at the behest of the "Young Turks" regime on the eve of World War I. Published with text entirely in Ottoman Turkish, the atlas consists of 26 double-page maps, all of an extraordinary proto-modernist design, accompanied by detailed text explaining all of the road itineraries depicted. All of the maps are original productions, predicated upon the latest official sources supplied by both state engineers and private contractors. Of the maps, eight focus exclusively upon subjects from the Arab world, including a dedicated map of the Hejaz (with the Hejaz Railway and pilgrimage routes), as well as a map focussing upon Mecca and Jeddah. The atlas provides by far and away the most comprehensive and accurate record of the road system throughout the Ottoman Empire, taken in the wake of an unprecedented wave of infrastructure development. Additionally, while not part of the technical remit of the work, the maps also provide a stellar overview of the Ottoman railway system, including the Hejaz Railway and the in-progress Anatolian-Baghdad Railway. The atlas therefore gives the most authoritative historical accounts of the technical nature of the empire’s key corridors of military and commercial movement, as well as the most important routes of the Hajj Pilgrimage, during a critical historical juncture." (Courtesy Inlibris, 2024)
Pub List No:
16226.000
Pub Type:
Regional Atlas
Pub Maps:
26
Pub Height cm:
33
Pub Width cm:
26
Image No:
16226062.jp2
Authors:
[Interior Ministry for Vilayets] Dakhilih nazarataa 'umur muhaliyh wilayat
