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Carte des Pays Voisins de la Mer Caspiene dresses pour l'usage du Roy by Guillaume Delisle (De l'Isle) engraved by Marin and published in Paris (MCA/01/02/03/03)  

Publication Date:  [1723]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 54x61 on sheet 64x65cm
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

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)
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Map of Persia, Arabia, Turkey in Asia, Afghanistan, Beloochistan [Balochistan] published in Philadelphia by S Augustua Mitchell (MCA/01/01/07/05)  

Publication Date:  1877
Creator:  Mitchell, Samuel Augustis
Publisher:  S. Augustus Mitchell
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 27x34.5 on sheet 31.5x38.5cm
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

Procession of Korean Ambassadors [segmented]  

Publication Date:  mid-17th century
Creator:  Kanō Tōun Masunobu, 1625-1694
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  33.3 x 1246 cm.
Technique:  Handscroll, ink, colour and gold on paper
Subjects:  Processions
Ambassadors
Parades
대사
행렬
퍼레이드
大使
行進
パレード
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

L'impero della Persia divisio ne suoi stati [The Persian Empire divided into regions] engraved by G Pitteri and published in Venice by Antonio Zatta and sons (MCA/01/01/02/05)  

Publication Date:  [1784]
Publisher:  Antonio Zatta and sons
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 31x41 on sheet 37x49cm
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

Utenzi wa Qatirifu (Wadi Isban) (MS 45022b)  

Publication Date:  [19th century]
Creator:  Kijuma, Muhammad
Abu Bakr bin Mwengo
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Handwritten manuscript : Handwritten in black and red ink on old thick papers
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious belief
Legends
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Imani za kidini
ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661
Prophet Mohammed
Fāṭimah -632 or 633
Abū Bakr, Caliph, -634
Abu Bakr
Faith
علي بن أبي طالب، الخليفة، 600-661
Fatima
Warfare, Conventional
Military art and science
Muḥammad, Prophet, -643
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

La Belle et grande ville de Ardebil dans la Royaume de Perse by Adam Olearius and published in Leiden by Pierre vander Aa (Pieter van der Aa) (MCA/01/02/06/02)  

Publication Date:  [1719]
Publisher:  Pierre vander Aa
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  image 28.3x35.5 on sheet 34x44.5cm
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

[ 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

Chinese red and yellow slippers, with scissors, from the Gladys Aylward collection  

Publication Date:  1936
Subjects:  Aylward, Gladys, 1902-1970
亚洲 -- 中国 -- 山西盛 -- 阳晨
亞洲 -- 中國 -- 山西盛 -- 陽晨
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Donated by the Hammersmith and Fulham Archives and Local History Centre, 1973

The Eastern part of the Ancient Persian Empire by mapmaker George Long engraved by J & C Walker published in London by Charles Knight under the Supervision of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (MCA/01/02/01/08)  

Publication Date:  1831
Creator:  Long, George
Walker, J.
Walker, C.
Publisher:  Charles Knight under the Supervision of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 28.5x36 on sheet 36x43cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Assyria by mapmakers Munster and Petri published in Basle with text in German (MCA/01/01/01/08)  

Publication Date:  [1628]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 19x16 on sheet 25.5x21.5cm
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

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

新刻三賢遇仙談世錄  

Publication Date:  [清, between 1644 and 1824]
Publisher:  没有名字
Measurements:  16 cm.
Subjects:  Short stories, Chinese
集部 -- 小說類 -- 短篇
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Part of the Jerahi River with its canals by Austin Henry Layard, cartography by John Arrowsmith published in London by John Murray for the Royal Geographical Society (MCA/01/02/08/02)  

Publication Date:  [1846]
Publisher:  John Murray for the Royal Geographical Society
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 20.5x12 on sheet 22x28cm
Technique:  Black and white
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Perse [Persia] by mapmakers Juan Leonard and Sebastian de Medrano and published in Brussels (MCA/01/01/03/13)  

Publication Date:  [1690]
Creator:  Leonard, Juan
Fernández de Medrano, Sebastián, 1646-1705
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 13x15cm mounted on board
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

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