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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

Provinciarum Persicarum Kilaniae [The Persian province of Gilan] Chirvaniae Dagestaniae aliarumque vicinarum regionorum partium Nova Geographica Tabula by Johan Baptist Homann published in Nuremberg (MCA/01/02/02/06)  

Publication Date:  1728
Creator:  Homann, Johann Baptist
Olearius, Adam, 1603-1671
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 49x58.5 on sheet 51x59.5cm
Technique:  Hand coloured
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Russia -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
روسیه -- نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Imperii Persici in omnes suas Provincias (tam veteribus quam modernis earundem nominibus Signatas) [The Empire of Persia and all its provinces (with their ancient and modern names)] by mapmaker Johannes Baptist Homann, published in Nuremberg (MCA/01/01/05/05)  

Publication Date:  [1724]
Creator:  Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 48.5x58 on mount 57.5x72cm
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

A new and accurate map of Persia with the adjacent countries, drawn from the most approved modern maps & The whole being regulated by astronomical observations by Emmanuel Bowen and published in London (MCA/01/01/06/10)  

Publication Date:  [1752]
Creator:  Bowen, Emanuel
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 35x42.5 on sheet 48x60.5cm
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

The Caspian Sea by Thomas Herbert with text titled Farrabaut on the back [from his book titled A relation of some years' travels into Africa and the greater Asia, especially the territories of the Persian Monarchy, and some parts of the Oriental Indies and isles adjacent] published in London (MCA/01/02/03/01)  

Publication Date:  [1638]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 7.5x13.5 on sheet 29x18.5cm
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

Part of the Jerahi River with its canals by Austin Henry Layard, cartography by John Arrowsmith published in London by John Murray for the Royal Geographical Society (MCA/01/02/08/02)  

Publication Date:  [1846]
Publisher:  John Murray for the Royal Geographical Society
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 20.5x12 on sheet 22x28cm
Technique:  Black and white
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

A new and accurate map of the Caspian Sea, laid down from the memory of Soskam Sabbas, a Georgian Prince, assisted by some late improvements by Emanuel Bowen and published in London (MCA/01/02/03/09)  

Publication Date:  [1747]
Creator:  Bowen, Emanuel
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 32x22.5 on sheet 24x28cm(folded)
Technique:  Hand coloured
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Caspian Sea Reagion -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
منطقه خزر -- نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Persia (Iran) Afghanistan and Baluchistan [Balochistan] engraved by the Matthews-Northrup Co of Buffalo and published in New York by Benjamin E Smith, The Century Co (MCA/01/01/07/08)  

Publication Date:  [1897]
Publisher:  Benjamin E Smith, The Century Co
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 26.5x38 on sheet 30x41.5cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  Iran -- Maps
Afghanistan -- Maps
ایران -- آسیا
Pakistan -- Balochistān -- Maps
ایران -- نقشه ها
افغانستان -- نقشه ها
پاکستان -- بلوچستان -- نقشه ها
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Arba'un Hadithan [Forty Tradition]  

Creator:  Nur al-Din 'Abd al-Rahman Jami (1414-1492), poet
الجامي، عبد الرحمن بن أحمد، 817-898 هـ
Jāmī, 1414-1492
Nūr al-Dīn 'Abd al-Raḥmān Jāmī
Material:  Watercolour, gold and ink on paper
Measurements:  H24.2 x W15.2 cm
Subjects:  آسیا -- ایران
Hadith -- Early works to 1800.
حديث نبوي
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Donated in 1938 on behalf of the late Mr R. S.Greenshields.

Iran und Turan (Persien, Afghanistan, Biludschistan [Balochistan], Turkestan) by mapmaker Heinrich Berghaus, engraved by S Siebert, lettering by H Hertzberg published in Gotha by Justus Perthes (MCA/01/01/05/10)  

Publication Date:  [1835]
Publisher:  Justus Perthes
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 30.5x39 on sheet 35.5x44.5cm
Technique:  Hand coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Mouzaffer-Ed-Din, second son of the Shah, and heir presumtive  

Publication Date:  1885
Publisher:  The Graphic
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  آسیا -- ایران -- استان تهران -- تهران -- مجموعه سعدآباد
Muẓaffar al-Dīn Shāh, Shah of Iran, 1853-1907
Muzaffar al-Din Shah, Shah of Iran, 1853-1907
مظفرالدین شاه قاجار
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Divan  

Publication Date:  [19th century]
Creator:  Muhammad Zuhuri
ظهوري, نور الدين محمد، ١٥٣٧-١٦١٦
Ẓuhūrī, Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad, 1537 or 1538-1616 or 1617
Material:  Lacquer.
Measurements:  H23 x W13.6 cm
Subjects:  Asya -- Türkiye
Asiya -- Türkiyə
آسيا -- تركيا
Ասիա -- Թուրքիա
Азия -- Турция
Ασία -- Τουρκία
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Ottoman
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Donated by R.C.Reid, Esq (D.D. Dickson bequest).

Persia sive Sophorum Regnum [Persia or theSafavid Kingdom] by Johannes Jassonius and published in Amsterdam (MCA/01/01/03/12)  

Publication Date:  [1680]/1636
Creator:  Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 28x49 on sheet 50.5x61cm
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

Iran League quarterly  

Publication Date:  1930
Creator:  Anjuman-i Īrān Līg (Bombay, India)
Anjuman-i Iran Līg (Bombay, India)
Publisher:  Iran League ( Bombay )
Subjects:  Parsees -- Periodicals
Civilization -- Periodicals
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Persicum Regnum [The Kingdom of Persia] with text on the back by mapmaker Jodocus Hondius and published in Amsterdam by Johannes Janssonius (MCA/01/01/03/04)  

Publication Date:  [1621]
Publisher:  Johannes Janssonius
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 14x18.5 on sheet 19x23cm
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
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