Islamic Mapping

To find material relevant to Islamic mapping in our library’s collections, start with our Library Catalog Search. Options for filtering search results include sorting by availability (online, physical), format (books, manuscripts, maps, etc), language (Arabic, Ottoman Turkish, Turkish, Persian, etc), and more.

For article-length materials, start with our Library Articles Search and follow the MGetIt links to access articles and chapters.

This online platform searches across The Encyclopaedia of Islam Second Edition (EI2, published from 1955-2005) and The Encyclopaedia of Islam THREE (EI3, Third Edition, 2007- present day). It also includes maps from the Historical Atlas of Islam.

Indexes literature on Islam, the Middle East, and the Muslim world.

Indexes journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion, including Islam.

Imago Mundi is the only English-language scholarly periodical devoted exclusively to the history of pre-modern maps, mapping, and map-related ideas from anywhere in the world.

This online bibliography provides an overview of cartographical literature published around the world.