Does the Qatar Map of the Tigris and Euphrates belong to Evliya Celebi?

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Kursun Z.

OSMANLI ARASTIRMALARI-THE JOURNAL OF OTTOMAN STUDIES, no.39, pp.1-15, 2012 (AHCI)

• Publication Type: Article / Article
• Publication Date: 2012
• Journal Name: OSMANLI ARASTIRMALARI-THE JOURNAL OF OTTOMAN STUDIES
• Journal Indexes: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
• Page Numbers: pp.1-15
• Marmara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

This article discusses the map of the Tigris and Euphrates in the private collection of Shaikh Hassan bin Muhammad al-Thani of Qatar. Through a detailed comparison of the map with the text of Evliya Celebi's (1611-c.1685) Seyahatname (Book of Travels), this study demonstrates that the map in question was drawn up either by Evliya himself or else by someone in his retinue and under his supervision.