A printed map of the city of Tabriz, commissioned by the Crown Prince, Muzaffar al-Din Mirza, Qajar Persia, produced at the Printing House of Karbala'i Asad Aqa in Tabriz, dated 20th July 1880

A printed map of the city of Tabriz, commissioned by the Crown Prince, Muzaffar al-Din Mirza
Qajar Persia, produced at the Printing House of Karbala'i Asad Aqa in Tabriz, dated 12 Sha'ban 1297/20th July 1880
On paper, folding, larger captions in naskhi script, smaller captions in nasta'liq script, the various quarters of the city outlined in orange, pink and blue, legend at upper right, gazetteer of places at lower left
87 x 109 cm.
The details of publication state that the map was prepared by Colonel Mirza 'Abbas Khan, director of Tabriz Government School, Muhammad Mirza Muhanis, the mathematics teacher, and written by Muhammad Reza, son of General Hasan 'Ali Khan.

For a slightly earlier map of the city of Tehran, dated 1859, see Christie's, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 5th October 2010, lot 253.