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Persia, Afghanistan and Beloochistan [Balochistan] by William John Turner published by Blackie & Son, London Glasgow and Edinburgh (MCA/01/01/06/75)  

Publication Date:  [1893]
Publisher:  Blackie & Son
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 34.5x50.5 on sheet 39x56cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

[Ships:] "Abdulla" transport; the "Feroze"; "Punjaub"; and "Assaye" shelling the old Portuguese battery, Indus flat.  

Publication Date:  1857
Publisher:  The Illustrated London News
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Warships
Ships
آسیا -- ایران -- استان بوشهر -- بوشهر
Anglo–Persian War (1856-1857)
جنگ بوشهر (1856-1857)
کشتی ها
کشتی جنگی
Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations
انگلیس و فارسی جنگ (1856-1857)
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Persia, Afghanistan and Beloochistan [Balochistan] by J. Bartholomew published in London and Glasgow by William Collins Sons & Co (MCA/01/01/06/69)  

Publication Date:  1870
Creator:  Bartholomew, J.G. (John George), 1860-1920 ( Cartographer )
Publisher:  William Collins Sons & Co
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 32.5x42.5 on sheet 37x47cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Woman weaving  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Creator:  Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995 ( photographer )
Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995 ( contributor )
Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist ( contributor )
Material:  Photographic film: 35mm B&W negative, Ilford : Fine Grain F
Subjects:  Looms
Weaving
Hand weaving
Hand looms
Amérique du Nord -- Mexique
América del Norte -- México
Tejer (Vibhing)
Telar
Telar de mano
Tissage
Métiers à tisser
Métiers à bras
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

L'Empire de Alexandre le Grand par J[ean] B[aptiste] Nolin engraved by Charles Nicolas-Dauphin Beauvais and published in Paris (MCA/01/02/01/17)  

Publication Date:  [1759]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 20x28.5 on sheet 22.5x31.5cm
Technique:  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

Koordish lady in indoor dress  

Publication Date:  1885
Creator:  R., J. R. ( Illustrator )
Publisher:  The Graphic
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Women
زنان
آسیا -- ایران -- استان کردستان
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Tower near Ispahan  

Publication Date:  1885
Publisher:  The Graphic
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Minarets
Towers
مناره
برج
آسیا -- ایران -- استان اصفهان -- اصفهان -- مناره علی
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Burying the corpse : from an album of Company paintings of occupations and festivals  

Publication Date:  1830
Material:  Watercolour on paper
Measurements:  H35 x W22 cm
Subjects:  एशिया -- भारत -- तमिलनाडु
ஆசியா -- இந்தியா -- தமிழ்நாடு
Funeral rituals
अन्त्येष्टि क्रिया
अन्त्येष्टि
Antayeṣṭi
अंतिम संस्कार
சவ
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Formerly owned by Rev. William Thompson (1811-1889). On permanent loan from the Council for World Mission Archive.

La Ville de Scamachie en Perse by Adam Olearius published in Leiden by Pierre vander Aa (Pieter van der Aa) (MCA/01/03/02)  

Publication Date:  1719
Creator:  Olearius, Adam, 1603-1671 ( Mapmaker )
Publisher:  Pierre vander Aa
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  image 27.5x34.5 on sheet 34.5x44.5cm
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

Imperii Persici delineatio ex scriptis Geographicis Arabum et Persarum [Imperial Persia drawn from Arabian and Persian writings] by mapmakers Christoph Weigel and Adriano Relando, published in Nuremberg (MCA/01/01/05/03)  

Publication Date:  [1719]
Creator:  Wigel, Christoph ( Mapmaker )
Reelant, Adriaan, 1676-1718 ( Mapmaker )
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 33x41 on sheet 37.5x46cm
Technique:  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

Saba, ville en Perse by Adam Olearius and published in Leiden by Pierre vander Aa (Pieter van der Aa) (MCA/01/02/06/12)  

Publication Date:  [1719]/[1656]
Creator:  Olearius, Adam, 1603-1671 ( Mapmaker )
Publisher:  Pierre vander Aa
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  image 27x30 on sheet 34.5x45cm
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

Philips Building, in the snow: view from Russell Square  

Publication Date:  n.d.
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Carte des Pays Voisins de la Mer Caspiene dresses pour l'usage du Roy by Guillaume Delisle (De l'Isle) engraved by Marin and published in Paris (MCA/01/02/03/03)  

Publication Date:  [1723]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 54x61 on sheet 64x65cm
Technique:  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

Hamziyya Notes  

Publication Date:  1936
Creator:  Hichens, William, -1944
Sayyid Idarus bin Athman ( contributor )
Sheikh Muhammad Said Albusiry ( contributor )
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious beliefs
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Imani za kidini
Faith
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

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  • An online resource for the historical study of tribal cultures in South Asia and the Himalayas. The photographic archive of Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf (1909-1995) at SOAS is recognised as the world's most comprehensive visual documentation of tribal cultures in South Asia and the Himalayas.Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf Collection Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf Collection
  • Collections of Islamic & Middle Eastern manuscripts in various SOAS CollectionsIslamic Manuscripts Online Islamic Manuscripts Online
  • James Philip Mills (1890-1960) worked as an anthropologist-administrator in northeast India during most of the first half of the twentieth century and was later Reader in Anthropology at SOAS. His several ethnographies of Naga groups are still regarded as authoritative. His collection of approximately 1,500 images are held at SOAS and the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford. The images in the SOAS repository are almost entirely from a set of albums holding black and white prints.J.P. Mills Collection J.P. Mills Collection
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