{"id":1790556,"date":"2021-03-28T21:00:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T01:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1790556"},"modified":"2021-03-28T21:00:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T01:00:38","slug":"new-exhibition-mapping-the-islamic-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/03\/new-exhibition-mapping-the-islamic-world\/","title":{"rendered":"New Exhibition: Mapping the Islamic World"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Map from K\u00e2tip \u00c7elebi\u2019s Cihann\u00fcma<\/em>, 1732. Barry Ruderman Map Collection. Creative Commons licence.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A new online exhibition at Stanford Libraries\u2019 Rumsey Map Center: Mapping the Islamic World: The Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal Empires<\/em><\/a><\/strong>. Curated by guest curator Alexandria Brown-Hejazi, the exhibition, which opened last week<\/a>, \u201cexplores maps of the Islamic World, focusing on the \u2018Gunpowder Empires\u2019 of Ottoman Turkey, Safavid Persia, and Mughal India. […] A rich cartographic exchange took place between these three empires and European powers, as maps were used to chart their expansive territories, military campaigns, and trade routes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new online exhibition at Stanford Libraries\u2019 Rumsey Map Center: Mapping the Islamic World: The Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal Empires. Curated by guest curator Alexandria Brown-Hejazi, the exhibition, which opened last week, \u201cexplores maps of… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[50,387,1505,1504,147,1506,400],"class_list":["post-1790556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","tag-exhibitions","tag-india","tag-iran","tag-islamic-maps","tag-ottoman-empire","tag-persia","tag-rumsey","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1438,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/04\/david-rumsey-map-center-at-stanford-opens-april-19\/","url_meta":{"origin":1790556,"position":0},"title":"David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford Opens April 19","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"4 April 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"In 2009 it was announced that map collector David Rumsey, whose eponymous website\u00a0has been a must-visit for any map aficionado, would be donating his collection of 150,000 maps, plus digital copies, to Stanford University. 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