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Finsbury Circus, London Institution  

Publication Date:  1827
Technique:  Black and white mounted print
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

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

Salsilah keturunan Raja-raja Brunei (MS 25032)  

Creator:  Dato Imam Yaakub
Format:  59 ff ; 16.5 cm
Material:  On European paper.
Measurements:  H24.1 x W16.3 cm
Subjects:  Sultans
Kings, queens, rulers, etc.
Silsilah kerajaan Brunei
Brunei -- Sultans
Brunei -- History
Kings and rulers -- Genealogy
Genealogy
Genealogi
Raja-raja dan penguasa - genealogi
Brunei - Sultan
Brunei - Sejarah
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Gift of Lt-Col. D.C.Philott.

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

Carte de l'Empire de Perse by mapmaker Rigobert Bonne, engraved by Arrivet and published in Paris (MCA/01/01/04/13)  

Publication Date:  1771
Creator:  Bonne, Rigobert, 1727-1794
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 32x43.5 on sheet 39x52cm
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

David Livingstone, manuscript map of ‘Journey thro’ Barotseland’  

Publication Date:  1853
Creator:  Livingstone, David, 1813-1873
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  H77.5 x W66 cm
Subjects:  Livingstone, David, 1813-1873
Barotseland
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  On permanent loan from the Council for World Mission Archive.

Will of James Hart [7 September 1793]  

Publication Date:  1815
Creator:  Hart, George
Subjects:  African diaspora
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Originally donated to Cornwall Record Office (UK) by Fladgate Solicitors, London

Oriental  

Publication Date:  Jan. [8], 1855
Creator:  Speer, William, 1822-1904
Publisher:  Whitton, Towne & Co. ( San Francisco )
Subjects:  北美 -- 美国 -- 加利福尼亚州 -- 旧金山
北美 -- 美國 -- 加利福尼亞州 -- 舊金山
Chinese newspapers -- California
Chinese Americans -- California -- Newspapers
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Newspapers
旧金山（加利福尼亚州） -- 报纸
中国的美国人 -- 加州 -- 报纸
中国报纸 -- 加利福尼亚
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

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

Chaldean maidens  

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

Woman weaving  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
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, 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

La Persia [mapmaker S F Castell published in Valencia by Antonio Balle] (MCA/01/01/09/01)  

Publication Date:  [1729]
Publisher:  Antonio Balle
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map13.5x16.5 on sheet 17.5x24cm
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

Sha'ir Ikan  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Creator:  [S.l.]
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Malay literature
Kesusasteraan Melayu
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Large church building with busy market in front  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
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, Ilford : Fine Grain F
Subjects:  Markets
Church buildings
Mercado
Marché
Amérique du Nord -- Mexique
América del Norte -- México
Iglesia (edificio)
Église (bâtiment)
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Portrait of David Livingstone  

Publication Date:  [1798-1844]
Material:  Gouache on paper
Measurements:  H16.3 x W12 cm
Subjects:  Livingstone, David, 1813-1873
Afrika -- Botswana -- Kweneng distrik -- Kumakwane -- Kolobeng Mission
Aferika -- Botswana -- Kgaolo ya Kweneng -- Kumakwane -- Kolobeng
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  On permanent loan from the Council for World Mission Archive.

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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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