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Fan presented by Henry Puyi, the last Emperor of China, to his tutor Sir Reginald Johnston (MS 381195)  

Publication Date:  c1930 = 大约1930年
Creator:  Puyi, Henry. ( Artist )
Puyi, 1906-1967 ( Artist )
溥仪, 1906-1967 ( Artist )
溥儀,‏ ‎1906-1967‏ ( Artist )
Format:  1 hand fan = 1 扇子 : 29 x 45 cm (opened)
Material:  Paper, Wood
Measurements:  29 x 45
Subjects:  Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
大维德中国艺术基金会
Poetry
行行重行行
Bu Chu Chen Dong Men
步出城東門
Chinese Poetry
中国古典诗歌
诗
Chinese (language)
Chinese (cultural identity)
中国语言
中国文化认同
Xing Xing Chong Xing Xing
Sparsholt, Elisabeth, Mrs.
Johnston, Reginald Fleming, Sir, 1874-1938
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Sparsholt, Elisabeth, Mrs.

East front of the Shah's palace, Teheran  

Publication Date:  1873
Publisher:  The Illustrated London News
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

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

Shah at the royal Italian opera  

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

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

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

Batak Pustaha [Magic Book]  

Material:  Tree bark
Measurements:  H21 x 17.8 cm
Technique:  Concertina style, on sheets of bark. Enclosed within wooden boards.
Subjects:  Pustaha
Magic
Protection magic
Sihir
Perlindungan sihir
Insects -- Indonesia
Beneficial insects -- Indonesia
Parasites -- Indonesia
Insects -- Parasites
Paracitic insects
Serangga -- Indonesia
Parasit
Serangga -- Parasit
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  From the William Marsden collection.

Procession of people  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Creator:  Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995 ( photographer )
Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995 ( contributor )
Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist ( contributor )
Material:  Photographic film: 35mm B&W negative, Ilford : Fine Grain F
Subjects:  Processions
Amérique du Nord -- Mexique
América del Norte -- México
Procesión
Procession
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Tower of Silence  

Publication Date:  1885
Creator:  Andrew, C. E. ( Illustrator )
Publisher:  The Graphic
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Cemeteries
آسیا -- ایران -- استان تهران -- تهران -- قصر فیروزه
Dokhmas
دخمه
گورستان
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Imperii Persici delineatio ex scriptis Geographicis Arabum et Persarum [Imperial Persia drawn from Arabian and Persian writings] by mapmakers Christoph Weigel and Adriano Relando, published in Nuremberg (MCA/01/01/05/03)  

Publication Date:  [1719]
Creator:  Wigel, Christoph ( Mapmaker )
Reelant, Adriaan, 1676-1718 ( Mapmaker )
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 33x41 on sheet 37.5x46cm
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

[ Detailed map of Ottoman Asia by Mohamad Nasrollah and Mohamad Roshdi, published in Istanbul] (MCA/01/03/06)  

Publication Date:  c. 1912
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  image 61.5x94cm on sheet 68.5x101cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Wakristo Hodari  

Publication Date:  1939
Creator:  Bihlmeyer ( Translator )
Beatus Iten ( Translator )
Format:  24 leaves
Technique:  In black type, with corrections in ink and no pagination
Subjects:  Christianity
Catholicism
Saints
Translations
Missionary work
Ukristo
Ukatoliki
Watakatifu
Tafsiri
Kazi ya umisionari
Inter-territorial Language (Swahili) Committee to the East African Dependencies
Catholic Church
Source Institution:  SOAS,University of London

Kiokozi cha Banati  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Creator:  Jambein Al-Bakry, Mohamed, Sheikh ( Author, Primary )
Format:  15 leaves
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Typescript
In blue and black type on thin paper
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious belief
Religious practice
Women's education
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Imani za kidini
Mazoezi ya kidini
Elimu ya wanawake
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

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

Kasiṇa-bhāvanā (MS 44162)  

Publication Date:  19th Century
Creator:  [S.n.]
Format:  47 leaves (94 inscribes sides) : illustrated
Material:  Palm leaves
Measurements:  11.5 x 2
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

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  • William Dawes' NotebooksWilliam Dawes' Notebooks William Dawes' Notebooks
  • 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
  • John Charles Oswald PhotographsJohn Charles Oswald Photographs John Charles Oswald Photographs
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