Map of the Middle East in 1530
For 1530, IntMap draws the Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (by year), then historical-basemaps — each drawn only where the records before it are silent map of that year: 27 names within the Middle East. The map also draws 3 outlines here that the source gives no name.
Names on the map
As the map labels them, largest first by the area of the outline drawn inside this view. Areas are of the drawn outline, rounded, and approximate.
| Name | Drawn area in view (km²) |
|---|---|
| Ottoman Empire | 2,750,000 |
| Safavid Dynasty | 2,540,000 |
| Funj Sultanate | 549,000 |
| Darfur | 172,000 |
| Hadramaut | 115,000 |
| Ethiopian Empire | 114,000 |
| Mahra | 114,000 |
| Khiva Khanate | 110,000 |
| Ethiopia | 109,000 |
| Gharra | 93,700 |
| Portuguese Empire | 82,700 |
| Kingdom of Portugal | 77,900 |
| Shirvan | 47,500 |
| Khanate of Khiva | 42,600 |
| Oman | 36,000 |
| Adal Sultanate | 18,000 |
| Kingdom of Kakheti | 16,700 |
| Adal | 15,900 |
| Republic of Venice | 14,800 |
| Khanate of Bukhara | 10,300 |
| Astrakhan Khanate | 8,140 |
| Portuguese Africa | 5,480 |
| Safavid Empire | 4,460 |
| Principality of Guria | 4,220 |
| Kingdom of Imereti | 2,250 |
| Republic of Genoa | 1,370 |
| Islamic and Hindu states (a description by the source, not a name) | 121 |
What changed since 1500
Now drawn
Safavid Dynasty, Funj Sultanate, Darfur, Mahra, Khiva Khanate, Gharra, Portuguese Empire, Kingdom of Portugal, Khanate of Khiva, Oman, Adal, Khanate of Bukhara, Astrakhan Khanate, Portuguese Africa, Safavid Empire, Islamic and Hindu states
No longer drawn
Aq Qoyunlu, Arabs, Mamluk Sultanate, Timurid Empire, Tahirid Sultanate, Makuria Kingdom, Alodia, Funj, Mamluke Sultanate, Muscat, Emirate of the White Sheep Turks, Bahrani Dynasty, Samtskhe-Saatabago, Beylik of Dulkadir, Nogai Horde, Ramadanid Emirate, Shaybanids, Golden Horde, Mahdids, White Horde, Georgia, Islamic states, Yemen, Timurid Emirates, Cyprus
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1530 Map of Europe · 1530 Map of Africa · 1530 Map of South Asia · 1530 Map of East Asia · 1530 Map of Southeast Asia · 1530 Map of Central Asia · 1530 Map of North America · 1530 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1530 Map of South America · 1530 Map of Oceania · 1530
Source and method
Borders and names: Cliopatria v0.2.1 (Seshat Global History Databank, github.com/Seshat-Global-History-Databank/cliopatria) · CC BY 4.0 · adapted by IntMap: simplified, BC years made astronomical, and the ground OpenHistoricalMap (1689–1885, and from 1886 where CShapes is silent) and CShapes (1886–2019) state removed on their own dates + aourednik/historical-basemaps (github.com/aourednik/historical-basemaps) · GPL-3.0 · adapted by IntMap: each sheet before 1886 less the ground OpenHistoricalMap and Cliopatria state at that sheet's year.
Listed: every name whose outline IntMap draws inside 25°E–63°E, 12°N–42°N on this date, with the name the map writes on it. The list is worked out when the site is built, from the same records and the same code the map uses, so it says what the map shows — not more. Names are the source’s own, translated where the source or IntMap’s name table has a translation.