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Scene from "Fleur de Lys" as performed at the Gaiety and Philamonic theatres  

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

Teheran [Tehran] [from the Universal Atlas, Hilburghausen, Germany] (MCA/01/03/04)  

Publication Date:  [1840]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  image 11x14 on sheet 15x22.5cm
Technique:  Black and white
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Shah's palace at Teheran  

Publication Date:  1871
Publisher:  The Graphic
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

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

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

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

Chaldean matrons  

Creator:  R., J. R.
Publisher:  The Graphic
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Women
آسیا -- ایران
زنان
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Lady in outdoor dress  

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

Indo-European telegraph : Landing the cable in the mud at Fao, Persian Gulf  

Publication Date:  1865
Publisher:  The Illustrated London News
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Cables
Telecommunication cables
Telegraph cables
کابلهای مخابراتی
کابل
کابل تلگراف
آسیا -- عراق -- محافظة البصرة -- الفاو‎‎ -- الفاو‎‎ بندر بزرگ
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Maidan Shah, or royal square, Ispahan  

Publication Date:  1873
Publisher:  The Illustrated London News
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Plazas
میدان عمومی
آسیا -- ایران -- استان اصفهان -- اصفهان -- میدان نقش جهان
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Gamron [Bandar Abbas], een groot vlek in het Lantschap Kirman, nite verre van Ormus [Gamron, a large village in the Kerman district, not far from Hormuz] by Pieter Schenk published in Amsterdam (MCA/01/02/06/03)  

Publication Date:  [1702]
Creator:  Schenk, Peter, 1660-1718 or 1719
Material:  Paper
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

[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

Old south gate of Teheran  

Publisher:  The Illustrated London News
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  آسیا -- ایران -- استان تهران -- تهران
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

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
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
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