[Armenia]. - Lot 44

[Armenia]. [Lot of maps and plans in Armenian]. (Cairo), (early 20th century). Including 2 manuscripts on tracing paper. Various formats, dates and states. Small in-folio or in-4. Sketches on tracing paper and preparation with handwritten corrections. -Արաբկիր եւ շրջակայ գիւղերը [Arabkir and surrounding villages] Պալաեան, Մարտիրոս [Balaian Martiros], Cairo, undated probably 1930s. This hand-drawn map depicts the town of Arabkir and surrounding villages, presumably reconstructed from memory in the 1930s. Attributed to Mardiros Balayani, it is part of the same diasporic context as his other cartographic works dedicated to Arabkir. -Հին Արաբկիր քաղաքի պատմական յատակագիծ [Historical plan of the city of Arabkir] By Պալաեան, Մարտիրոս [Balaian Martiros], Cairo, undated This hand-drawn plan depicts the city of Arabkir as it was before the upheavals of the early XXᵉ century. Made from memory by Mardiros Balayani, it reconstructs the ancient urban organization and is part of an effort to preserve the vanished landscape. Map of Saghmkay village - 1914 by Պալաեան, Մարտիրոս [Balaian Martiros] Cairo, 1933 This hand-drawn map depicts the author's native village, Saghmkay, as it was in 1914, on the eve of major upheavals in the region. Produced by Mardiros Balayani, it is dedicated to his compatriots in exile, as a testimony to collective memory.On the right-hand side of the map is a short poem in homage to the village, written in 1932 in Iran by T. Shédikian (Թ. Շէտիկեան), emphasizing nostalgia, attachment to the homeland and memory preserved in the diaspora. This map is both a topographical document and a work of diasporic memory. -Պալաեան (Մարտիրոս) [Balayani (Mardiros)]. Պալաեան (Մարտիրոս) [Balayani (Mardiros)]. Սաղմկայ Գիւղ - 1914 [The village of Saghmkay - 1914]. Cairo, Survey of Egypt, 1933. 1 printed map, approx. 16.5 x 24 cm. on sheet approx. 26 x 39 cm. with text in right margin (upper corner a little creased, soiling in margins). Map illustrating the author's native village of Saghmkay as it was in 1914, on the eve of major upheavals in the region. Produced by Mardiros Balayani, it is dedicated to his compatriots in exile, as a testimony to collective memory. On the right-hand side of the card is a short poem in homage to the village, written in 1932 in Iran by T. Shédikian (Թ. Շէտիկեան), emphasizing nostalgia, attachment to the native land and memory preserved in the diaspora.