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Bridge over the river Herirood  

Publication Date:  1863
Publisher:  The Illustrated London News
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Bridges
پل
آسیا -- افغانستان -- ولایت هرات -- هرات -- هری‌رود
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Shah in the weaving-room at Haworth's Mills, Manchester  

Publication Date:  1873
Publisher:  The Illustrated London News
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Mills and mill-work
Textile factories
صنعت نساجی
آسیا -- انگلستان -- منچستر بزرگ -- منچستر
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Shah in Paris: Reception at the Arc de Triomphe by the Prefect of the Seine and municipal council  

Publication Date:  1873
Publisher:  The Illustrated London News
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh, Shah of Iran, 1831-1896
Nasir al-Din Shah, Shah of Iran, 1831-1896
ناصرالدین شاه قاجار
Princess Shokuh-ol-saltaneh
Haussmann, Georges Eugène, baron, 1809-1891
بارون اوسمان
آسیا -- فرانسه -- ایل-دو-فرانس -- پاریس -- طاق پیروزی (پاریس)
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Visit of the Shah: Garden party at Chiswick, given by the Prince and Princess of Wales  

Publication Date:  1873
Publisher:  The Illustrated London News
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh, Shah of Iran, 1831-1896
Nasir al-Din Shah, Shah of Iran, 1831-1896
ناصرالدین شاه قاجار
Princess Shokuh-ol-saltaneh
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, 1841-1910
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910
Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925
ادوارد هفتم (پادشاهی متحده)
آسیا -- انگلستان -- لندن بزرگ -- لندن -- چیزویک
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Mazud Mirza, Gil-I-Sultan, eldest son of the Shah, govenor of Ispahan  

Publication Date:  1885
Publisher:  The Graphic
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Muḥammad ʻAlī, Shah of Iran, 1872-1925
Muhammad 'Ali, Shah of Iran, 1872-1925
محمدعلی شاه قاجار‎‎
آسیا -- ایران -- استان اصفهان -- اصفهان -- چهل ستون
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Inner court of the grand mosque, at Isphan  

Publication Date:  1857
Publisher:  The Illustrated London News
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Mosques
مسجد
آسیا -- ایران -- استان اصفهان -- اصفهان -- مسجد جامع
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Persian dervish  

Publication Date:  1885
Creator:  R., J. R.
Publisher:  The Graphic
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Men
Dervishes
آسیا -- ایران
مردان
درویش
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Verschiedene Prospecte der vornemsten Stadten in Persien [Various views of the most prominent cities in Persia]  

Publication Date:  [1716]
Creator:  Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724
Publisher:  Johann Baptist Homann ( Nuremberg )
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  image 49x58cm on sheet 52x60cm
Technique:  Copper etching. Hand coloured
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Tweede Gesigt van Persepolis [Second view of Persepolis] by Cornelius Bruyn, published in Amsterdam (MCA/01/02/06/10)  

Publication Date:  [1711]
Publisher:  Cornelius Bruyn
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  image 30.5x62.5 on sheet 32x64.5
Technique:  Black and white
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Pilgrims with their dead going to the shrines of Kerbala and Meshid All  

Creator:  H., A.
Publisher:  The Illustrated London News
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Pilgrims and pilgrimages
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages
زیارت
زائر
آسیا -- ایران -- استان کربلا -- کربلا -- حرم امام حسین
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Shah at the royal Italian opera  

Publication Date:  1873
Publisher:  The Illustrated London News
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Theaters
تئاتر
آسیا -- انگلستان -- لندن بزرگ -- لندن -- تالار اپرای سلطنتی لندن
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Tower of Silence  

Publication Date:  1885
Creator:  Andrew, C. E.
Publisher:  The Graphic
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Cemeteries
آسیا -- ایران -- استان تهران -- تهران -- قصر فیروزه
Dokhmas
دخمه
گورستان
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Mount Seir, missionary summer residence (Ooromiah)  

Publication Date:  1885
Publisher:  The Graphic
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Nestorian Mission
نسطوری
آسیا -- ایران -- استان آذربایجان غربی -- ارومیه -- کوه سعیر
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

One of the city gates, Teheran  

Publisher:  The Graphic
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  آسیا -- ایران -- استان تهران -- تهران
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

South front of the Shah's palace at Teheran.  

Publication Date:  1873
Creator:  Crane, H.
Publisher:  The Illustrated London News
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Palaces
کاخ
آسیا -- ایران -- استان تهران -- تهران -- مجموعه سعدآباد
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i
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