United Kingdom late 19th / Early 20th Century Ottoman Script Map Ottoman Empire W. & A.K. Johnston ottomanmap The taxpayer is Sofyalı Ziya

The taxpayer is Sofyalı Ziya Bey

as well as an Ottoman fiscal stamp

issued on the eve of the Alphabet Reform

Aleppo Province (Ottoman Syria)

United Kingdom late 19th / Early 20th Century Ottoman Script Map Ottoman Empire W. & A.K. Johnston ottomanmap The taxpayer is Sofyalı ZiyaLate 19th Early 20th Century Ottoman Map of United Kingdom by W. & A. K. Johnston, Edinburgh Description: This is a rare and intriguing Ottoman era map of United Kingdom, printed entirely in Ottoman Turkish script. While the exact publication source is currently unidentified, the map bears the imprint W. & A. K. Johnston, Edinburgh at the bottom a well known Scottish mapmaker active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The combination of Ottoman