Kinneir, John Macdonald Map of the Countries lying between the Euphrates and Indus

Kinneir, John Macdonald Map of the Countries lying between the Euphrates and Indus on the East and West, and the Oxus and Terek and Indian Ocean on the North and South. Inscribed to Brigadier General Sir John Malcolm, Knight. London: A. Arrowsmith, 1813. Engraved folding map on 16 sheets, sectionalised and laid on linen, opening to 96 x 128cm, a few very small nicks and losses along edges, dust-soiling and pencil markings to left-hand side, right-hand side with two closed transverse tears (with attempted repair verso) and a few old stains to two sections, small surface-abrasion near foot touching text 'Rasool Khyma', another similar blemish below Qty: (1) Note: Published to accompany Kinneir's Geographical Memoir of the Persian Empire, the map is focused on modern-day Iran, and also covers parts of the Caucasus, Central Asia, modern Pakistan and the Arabian side of the Persian Gulf, where named locations include Sharjah ('Shurga'), Umm al-Quwain ('Murgaveen') and Ra's al-Khaymah ('Rasool Khyma'), all in the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain. A lithographic version was printed later, in 1856.