Abbas Sahab

Abbas Sahab (Persian: عباس سحاب); 24 December 1921, Tafresh – 3 April 2000, Tehran) was an Iranian cartographer and founder of the Sahab Geographic and Drafting Institute. He is considered by many as the founding father of modern Persian cartography.^[1]

Among his many published works is the first atlas of the Persian Gulf.^[2]

References

^ Firooznia, Firouz. "SAḤĀB, ʿAbbās". The Encyclopædia Iranica. The Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ "Sahab is the most prominent family of geographers and cartographers in Iran". Iran's Book News Agency. IBNA. 24 December 2013.