Geography Image Gallery
Browse through selected images taken from Muslim Heritage articles related to Geography...
“Everywhere’s been where it is ever since it was first put there. It’s called geography.” ― Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters
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Google honors Al-Biruni’s Birthday with this Doodle
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USSR stamp, Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī, 6 copecks, 1973
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An illustration from al-Biruni’s astronomical works, explains the different phases of the moon
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The Tabula Rogeriana, by Al-Idrisi in 1154, is one of the most detailed maps of the ancient world. This map has been rotated to show its similarity with modern maps
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South Caucasus (Armenia)
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Matrakci’s Tebriz
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Granada/Spain and its surrounding areas
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Piri Reis’ depiction of the Mediteranean
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Al-Qazwini’s world map of the inhabited world, from cosmography
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World map from Mahmud el-Kashgari’s Diwan, 11th century
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Indian Ocean
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Sicily
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Mediterranean Sea
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Erzurumlu Ibrahim Hakki’s World Map in his Marifetname book
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Cyprus
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Piri Reis’s World map, 16th century
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Tarih-i Hind-i Garbi map, 16th Century
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Ali Macar’s world map
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City of Istanbul and Develi illumination from Matrakçi’s Beyân-i Menâzil-i Sefer-i ‘Irakeyn
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Czech National Library copy of al-Wardi’s map
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a copy of al-Wardi’s world map
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A copy of Ibn al-Wardi’s world map
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16th century copy of Al-Qazwini’s world map from his “Marvels of Regions”
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Al-Idrisi’s 12th century world map
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World map from the Book of Curiosities manuscript held at the Bodley Library
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Persian Gulf’s coast
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A world map by Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Farisi al-Istakhri (934 CE) aka Estakhri. The map is oriented with South at the top, a common feature of maps at the time. Picture displayed on “Old Manuscripts and Maps from Khorasan”
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A map by Abu Zaid Ahmed ibn Sahl al-Balkhi (850-934), a Persian geographer who was a disciple of al-Kindi and also the founder of the “Balkhī school” of terrestrial mapping in Baghdad. Picture displayed on “Old Manuscripts and Maps from Khorasan”
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Turkish Stamp
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A portrait of Marco Polo wearing a Tatar outfit
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Mahmud of Kashgar’s map of world (Divânu Lügati’t-Türk, translated into Turkish by Rifat Bilge, Istanbul 1917, 3 vols
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Imaginary potrait of Mahmud of Kashgar/Mähmut Qäşqäri
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Introduction page from Divânu Lügati’t-Türk
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Coordinates of Piri Reis map
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Portrait of Pîrî Reis
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A Turkey Republic bank note contains Pîrî Reis’ map
Images are taken from the following articles:
Manuscript Review: ‘The Indica’ or ‘Al-bayruni’s India,’ by Al-Bayruni by N.A. Baloch
When the World was Upside Down: Maps from Muslim Civilisation by Cem Nizamoglu, Khaleel Shaikh
The Oldest Map of Japan Drawn by Mahmud of Kashgar by Sevim Tekeli
Earliest maps of America by Sevim Tekeli
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“Can you see the sunset real good on the West side? You can see it on the East side too.” ― S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders
