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Gamron [Bandar Abbas], een groot vlek in het Lantschap Kirman, nite verre van Ormus [Gamron, a large village in the Kerman district, not far from Hormuz] by Pieter Schenk published in Amsterdam (MCA/01/02/06/03)  

Publication Date:  [1702]
Creator:  Schenk, Peter, 1660-1718 or 1719
Material:  Paper
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)
Église (bâtiment)
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Carte Marine de la Mer Caspienne avec toutes ses Bayes, Rivieres et Havres dressee sur les observations des plus habiles navigateurs, et toute nouvellement publiee par Pierre vander Aa, Marchand Libraire a Leide [Maritime chart of the Caspian Sea with all its bays, rivers and ports drawing upon the observations of the most skilled navigators and newly published by Pierre Van der Aa [Pieter van der Aa), bookseller at Leiden] with author and historian Olfert Dapper (MCA/01/02/03/05)  

Publication Date:  [1729]
Publisher:  Pierre Van der Aa
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 29x35.5 on sheet 36x46cm
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

Persia drawn and engraved by John Rapkin with illustrations by H Warren engraved by S Fisher published in London by John Tallis (MCA/01/01/06/59)  

Publication Date:  [1850]
Creator:  Rapkin, J.
Warren, H.
Fisher, S.
Publisher:  John Tallis & Co.
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 33x26.5 on sheet 35x27cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Mashairi ya Faraidhwi  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Creator:  Sheikh Mohamed Jambein Al-Bakry
Format:  17 leaves
Technique:  Typescript
In blue type, often blurred, on thin paper
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious practice
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Mazoezi ya kidini
Islamic law
Sheria ya Kiislamu
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Philips Building, in the snow  

Publication Date:  n.d.
Technique:  Black and white print
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Syair Selindung Delima : MS 40322  

Publication Date:  [1780s]
Creator:  [S.n.]
Lena, Encik
Publisher:  the copyist/calligrapher ( Bengkulu, west Sumatra (now Indonesia) )
Material:  Paper
Source Institution:  SOAS, Univerity of London

Boats and fishermen on 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:  Fishers
Fishing boats
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

新大陸遊記  

Publication Date:  Minguo 11 [1922]
Creator:  梁啟超, (中國文學), 1873-1929
Liang, Qichao, 1873-1929
梁启超, (中国文学), 1873-1929
Publisher:  Shang wu ( Shanghai )
Subjects:  北美 -- 美國
北美 -- 美国
United States -- Description and travel
Liang, Qichao, 1873-1929 -- Travel -- United States
美国 -- 旅行
美國 -- 旅行
梁啟超, (中國文學), 1873-1929 -- 旅行 -- 美國
梁启超, (中国文学), 1873-1929 -- 旅行 -- 美国
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Fragment of a canonical tantra  

Publication Date:  [16th-17th century]
Material:  Ink on paper
Measurements:  H20 x W62.5 cm
Subjects:  तन्त्र
Tantra
亚洲 -- 中国 -- 西藏
亞洲 -- 中國 -- 西藏
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Donated by Rev. G.R. Newton, 1940

Lady in outdoor dress  

Publication Date:  1885
Creator:  R., J. R.
Publisher:  The Graphic
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Women
آسیا -- ایران -- استان تهران -- تهران
زنان
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Kiokozi cha Banati  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Creator:  Jambein Al-Bakry, Mohamed, Sheikh
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

Rāmāyaṇa  

Publication Date:  [18th or 19th century]
Material:  Palm-leaf and wood
Measurements:  H3.9 x W16 cm
Subjects:  Mahābhārata. Selections
മഹാഭാരതത്തെ. തിരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പുകൾ
Rāmāyaṇa
रामायण
രാമായണം
एशिया -- भारत -- केरला
ഏഷ്യ -- ഇന്ത്യ -- കേരളം
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Gift of the daughter of W.J. Edmonds, 1953. On permanent loan from the Council for World Mission Archive.

Notebooks of William Dawes (MS 41645)  

Publication Date:  1790
Creator:  Dawes, William, 1762-1836
Dawes, William (1762-1836), lieutenant
Format:  2 volumes
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  Volume 1 is 10cm (W) x 16.5 (L) x 1.3cm (D)
Volume 2 is 12.8cm (W) x 18cm (L) x 1.2cm (D)
Subjects:  grammar
Dharug language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Dawes, William, 1762-1836
Aboriginal Australians -- Languages
Austronesian and Oceanic languages
Cultural interaction
Indigenous populations
Languages
Lexicography
Linguistics
Military personnel
Vocabularies
Source Institution:  SOAS, Univerity of London

Imperia Antiqua Pars Media by Rigobert Bonne drawn by Gaspard Andre and published in Paris (MCA/01/02/01/25)  

Publication Date:  [1787]
Creator:  Bonne, Rigobert
André, Gaspard
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 35x23.5 on sheet 42x29cm
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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