[Part Of Syria For Specific Military And Ottoman Geographical Operations / Lessons] Inset Map: [Hicaz Demiryolu GüZergah / Route Of The Hejaz Railway] Osman Nuri, Sab?K Cografya-Yi Askeri Muavini Piyade Kol Agasi [Senior Chief Military Cartographer For The Infantry Maps And Prints

Colour Lithograph: 82 x 57 cm (32.3 x 22.4 inches) (slightly stained, repairs to the folds with old paper verso, small loss of paper in the horizontal fold in margins with a small loss of image). LEVANT & HEJAZ RAILWAY: An Ottoman wall-map, made by the War Office for educational purposes, showcases the Levant with an inset map of the eastern part of the Arabic Peninsula, marking the route of the Hejaz Railway. - The cartographer Osman Nuri was an esteemed late Ottoman cartographer, who worked for the military office, yet not much is known about his life. In 1909 (1325) he made a wall map of the Arabian Peninsula and around this time a more common wall map of Anatolia (Anadolu haritas?) (Osmanl? co?rafya literatürü tarihi. History of Geographical Literature during the Ottoman Period, 2000, nos. 282 and 433).