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  2. Geography and cartography in the medieval Islamic world

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    The works of Ibn Khordadbeh (c. 870) and Jayhani (c. 910s) were at the basis of a new Perso-Arab tradition in Persia and Central Asia. [10] The exact relationship between the books of Khordadbeh and Jayhani is unknown, because the two books had the same title, have often been mixed up, and Jayhani's book has been lost, so that it can only be approximately reconstructed from the works of other ...

  3. Nitro Pro - Wikipedia

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    Products. Nitro Software offers a PDF editor, a browser-based application for electronic signatures, and various PDF productivity tools. Subscription services feature cloud-based user management, deployment, and analytics tools. The company also manages several document conversion websites. Nitro Software's desktop products are compatible with ...

  4. Postage stamps and postal history of Egypt - Wikipedia

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    An 1866 stamp of Egypt. Carlo Meratti, an Italian, set up the first postal system in Egypt in 1821. This was a private enterprise which in 1842 was named "POSTA EUROPEA". The Egyptian Government, in 1857, sanctioned it to carry on all inland postal services. This concession was purchased by the Egyptian Government and on 1 January 1865 it took ...

  5. Postage stamps and postal history of Morocco - Wikipedia

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    The first Moroccan postal stamps were produced in 1891 by private companies which managed courier services between cities. The system was replaced after a reorganization in 1911, the Sherifian post was created to handle local mail, and produced two series of stamps which were valid for use until 1915 and until 1919 in Tangier. [citation needed]

  6. Postage stamps and postal history of Greece - Wikipedia

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    Greece 's first postal service was founded in 1828, at the time of Greek independence from the Ottoman Empire. This initial service continued mail delivery and, later, the issuing of postage stamps until 1970. It was then succeeded by the Hellenic Post S.A. (abbreviated ΕΛΤΑ), which remains Greece's official postal provider.

  7. Postage stamps and postal history of Jordan - Wikipedia

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    Postal service was set up after the establishment of the Emirate of Transjordan, and started taking over the postal service that was run by the Ottoman Empire. [5] The first stamps for the Emirate were E.E.F. stamps overprinted with the inscription "Arab Government of the East" in Arabic. Further overprints were also made with the stamps of Hejaz.

  8. Postage stamps and postal history of Turkey - Wikipedia

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    Stamps were issued for regular postage and for postage due and were overprinted for use as newspaper stamps and for other purposes. 1 Piastre military stamp, 1898, world's first octagonally perforated stamp. In 1898 the Ottoman Empire issued a series of stamps for its armed forces occupying Thessaly during the Greco-Turkish War. [19]

  9. Portal:Islam/Map - Wikipedia

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    Islam/Map. Appearance. hide. < Portal:Islam. World Muslim population by percentage ( Pew Research Center, 2014) The distribution of the predominant Islamic madhhab (school of law) followed in majority-Muslim countries and regions. See also Islam by country , Christianity by country, Judaism by country, Protestantism by country, Commons:Category ...