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Prison sketches  

Publication Date:  [1843?]
Creator:  Eyre, V ( Vincent ), 1811-1881
Sale, F. W ( Florentia Wynch ), 1790-1853
Publisher:  Dickinson and Son ( London )
Format:  31 leaves of plates (1 fold.) : all col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Subjects:  Afghan Wars -- Portraits
Afghan Wars -- Prisoners and Prisons -- Pictorial works
Costume -- History -- Afghanistan
British -- History -- Sources -- Afghanistan -- 19th century
Prisoners of war -- History -- Pictorial works -- Afghanistan -- 19th century
First Anglo-Afghan War (1838-1842)
Anglo-Afghan wars
د افغان-انگرېز لومړۍ جگړه
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Central Asia  

Publication Date:  1834
Creator:  Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873
Burnes, Alexander, Sir, 1805-1841
Publisher:  J. Arrowsmith ( London )
Subjects:  آسیا -- ایران
एशिया -- भारत -- उत्तराखंड -- देहरादून
Asia -- India -- Uttarakhand -- Dehradun
Asia, Central -- Maps
Iran -- Maps
Azerbaijan -- Maps
Afghanistan -- Maps
Pakistan -- Maps
Turkmenistan -- Maps
Uzbekistan -- Maps
ایران - نقشه ها
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr Cyrus Ala'i

Photograph, 'Raquet and Fives Courts Foochow, Theatre Royal, Raquet Court, Fives Court' [Fuzhou, China]  

Publication Date:  [1880s]
Creator:  [S.n.]
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Drama
Games
Cemeteries
Theaters
亚洲 -- 中国 -- 福建省 -- 福州市
亞洲 -- 中國 -- 福建省 -- 福州市
Oswald, John C.
福州
Graveyards
Buildings
Leisure
Performance
Theatres
Tennis clubs
Racquetball
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

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

Marchand armenien  

Publication Date:  [1808-1826]
Creator:  Cousinéry, Marcel, 1759-1795
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Watercolors
Subjects:  Men
Ethnic costume
Mustaches
Եվրոպա -- Հայաստան
Clothing
Armenians
Avrupa -- Ermenistan
Merchants
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Colton's Persia, Arabia &c published in New York by George Woolworth Colton and Joseph Hutchins Colton (MCA/01/01/07/04)  

Publication Date:  1855 [1872]
Creator:  Colton, G. Woolworth
Publisher:  George Woolworth Colton and Joseph Hutchins Colton
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 32.5x40 on sheet 37x44cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Middle East -- Maps
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Pretre armenien  

Publication Date:  [1808-1826]
Creator:  Cousinéry, Marcel, 1759-1795
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Watercolors
Subjects:  Priests
Men
Ethnic costume
Beards
Mustaches
Եվրոպա -- Հայաստան
Clothing
Armenians
Avrupa -- Ermenistan
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Young girl from Afghanistan carrying a small child from the Indian plains  

Publication Date:  1937
Creator:  Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist
Material:  Photographic film: 35mm B&W negative, Agfa
Subjects:  Children
Assamese (South Asian people)
बच्चे
एशिया -- भारत -- नगालैंड -- मोन जिला
Afternoon teas
Tea plantations
दोपहर की चाय
चाय बागानों
Nose rings
नाक के छल्ले
Afghanis
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

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

Carte Marine de la Mer Caspiene levee suivant les ordres de S M Czariene [Marine chart of the Caspian Sea drawn up following the orders of His Majesty the Czar] par Mr Carl Vanverden by Guillaume Delisle (De Lisle) and published in Amsterdam by Reinier Ottens (MCA/01/02/03/04)  

Publication Date:  1723
Publisher:  Reinier Ottens
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  top map 54x61 on sheet 64x65cm; lower map 46x59.5 on sheet 54x64.5cm
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

Young girl from Afghanistan carrying a small child from the Indian plains  

Publication Date:  1937
Creator:  Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995
Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist
Material:  Photographic film: 35mm B&W negative, Agfa
Subjects:  Children
Assamese (South Asian people)
बच्चे
एशिया -- भारत -- नगालैंड -- मोन जिला
Afternoon teas
Tea plantations
दोपहर की चाय
चाय बागानों
Nose rings
नाक के छल्ले
Afghanis
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Femme arménienne  

Publication Date:  [1808-1826]
Creator:  Cousinéry, Marcel, 1759-1795
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Watercolors
Subjects:  Women
Ethnic costume
Եվրոպա -- Հայաստան
Clothing
Armenians
Avrupa -- Ermenistan
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

قواعد تركي  

Creator:  ميرزا بابا، محمد مؤمن
Mīrzā Bābā, Muḥammad Mu’min Āshtiyānī
Format:  10 f.
Subjects:  Azerbaijani language
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

پندنامه دنيا و دين  

Publication Date:  [late 19th century]
Creator:  عبد الرحمان خان ،امیر افغانستان
ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Khān, Amir of Afghanistan, -1901
Measurements:  12.5 x 9.5 cm
Subjects:  Afghanistan -- History -- 19th century
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Մարկոսի ավետարանիչ  

Publisher:  ձեռագիր ( Հայաստան )
Material:  Watercolour, gold and ink on paper
Measurements:  H15 x W10.9cm
Subjects:  Mark, Saint -- Art
Մարկոսի ավետարանիչ
Եվրոպա -- Հայաստան
Європа -- Вірменія
Европа -- Армения
Europe -- Armenia
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  A selection of William Marsden's manuscript collection was transferred from King's College London to SOAS shortly after the School's foundation in 1916.

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