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Shah at the Crystal Palace  

Publication Date:  1873
Creator:  Paioa, M.
Publisher:  The Illustrated London News
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Palaces
کاخ
Exhibition buildings
نمایشگاه ساختمان
آسیا -- انگلستان -- لندن بزرگ -- لندن -- کریستال پلس
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Printed map of South Eastern Africa, annotated by David Livingstone  

Publication Date:  1850
Creator:  Livingstone, David, 1813-1873
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  H98 x W66 cm
Subjects:  Livingstone, David, 1813-1873
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  On permanent loan from the Council for World Mission Archive.

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

Persia published by F Bartholemew Lloyd & Co in Edinburgh (MCA/01/01/06/57)  

Publication Date:  [1850]
Publisher:  F. Bartholemew Lloyd & Co
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 45x54.5 on sheet 51.5x64cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Utenzi wa Kiyama (MS 380530b)  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Format:  33 leaves
Technique:  Typescript
In black type
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious belief
Utenzi
Death
Heaven
ابن المهيب، محمد ابو بكر
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Kifo
Imani za kidini
Mbinguni
Kuzimu
Muhammad, Mtume, -632
Mohammed, Prophet, -632
Prophet Mohammed
Faith
Hell -- Islam
Muḥammad, Prophet, -649
Paradise
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Africa Department Party at 'Broadlands', Medstead, Hampshire: Mr and Mrs F. Welch  

Publication Date:  29/03/1947
Technique:  Black and white prints
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Alexandri Magni Macedonia Expeditio by Johannes Janssonius and Georgius Hornius [Horn, Honorius] published in Amsterdam (MCA/01/02/01/14)  

Publication Date:  [1652][1646?]
Creator:  Janssonius, Johannes
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 36.5x46.5 on sheet 52x62cm
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

Shah of Persia, by order of Shafi Khan  

Publication Date:  1856
Creator:  Smith, Orrin, 1799-1843
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
آسیا -- ایران -- استان تهران -- تهران
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Surprise!  

Publication Date:  1872
Creator:  Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  H21.7 x W14.7 cm
Subjects:  lcsh
lcna
Afrique
Afrika
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  On permanent loan from the Council for World Mission Archive.

Succession des Rois de Perse Anciens et Modernes depuis Cyrus jusqu'a present [The Succession of Persian kings from Cyrus until the present] with a map titled Perse (MCA/01/02/01/03)  

Publication Date:  [1719]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 37x42 on sheet 44.5x51cm
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

Nieuwe en Naukeurige Kaart van Persien en dezeszels omelggende Landstreeken [A new and accurate map of Persia with the adjacent countries] an improved version by Willem Albert Bachiene of Emanuel Bowen's map engraved by J van Jagen published in Amsterdam (MCA/01/01/03/22)  

Publication Date:  [1773]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 34x41 on sheet 44x55cm
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

Empire d'Alexandre drawn up under the direction of J Migeon by Charles Lacoste, lettering by A Bizet, engraving by L Smith published in Paris by J Migeon (MCA/01/02/01/21)  

Publication Date:  [1874]
Publisher:  J. Migeon
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 31x42 on sheet 39.5x53cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Hikayat Si-Miskin (MS 37071)  

Publication Date:  1842
Format:  1 manuscript volume
Material:  blue-green European paper
Measurements:  27 x 18.5
Source Institution:  SOAS, Univerity of London
Donor:  Purchased by Kegan Paul

Boat off the coast of Sri Lanka  

Publication Date:  1960
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 neg ILFORD PANCHROMATIC FP3
Subjects:  Fishing boats
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Handlist of the manuscripts in South Asian languages in the Library  

Publication Date:  1978
Creator:  Dogra, Ramesh Chander
Publisher:  The Library, School of Oriental and African Studies
Format:  47 pages
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  21 cm.
Subjects:  SOAS, University of London
University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies. Library. Catalogs
SOAS, University of London. Library. Catalogs
SOAS, University of London. Library.
Manuscripts, Indic
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

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