The Map Department is home to the majority of the USEK Library's cartographic resources, from early printed and manuscript maps to modern resources covering the whole world with a spotlight on Lebanon and the Levant.
One of our featured maps is “Plan de Beyrouth dédié à S.M.J. le Sultan Abdul Hamid II, 1876”.
In 1876, Julius Löytved, cartographer and Vice-Consul of Denmark, drew this map for Sultan Abdel Hamid II, the 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (r. 1876 – 1909).
This map (Central Beirut) displays with accuracy the 12 districts of Beirut:
The Old City and the Souk, Al-Zaytuna, Ras Beirut, Msaytbe, Mazraat al-Arab, Ras Al-Nabaa, Al-Bashura, Achrafieh, St. Dimitri, Mimas, Al-Rmeil, and Al-Saifi.
The map reveals other points of interest, such as consulates, military barracks, government buildings, schools, hospital, gardens, cemeteries, the seaport, and archaeological sites.
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