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Mouzaffer-Ed-Din, second son of the Shah, and heir presumtive  

Publication Date:  1885
Publisher:  The Graphic
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  آسیا -- ایران -- استان تهران -- تهران -- مجموعه سعدآباد
Muẓaffar al-Dīn Shāh, Shah of Iran, 1853-1907
Muzaffar al-Din Shah, Shah of Iran, 1853-1907
مظفرالدین شاه قاجار
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

L'Empire de Alexandre et ses Expeditions by mapmaker George Louis le Rouge and published in Paris (MCA/01/02/01/15)  

Publication Date:  [1746]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 20.5x27.5 on sheet 24.5x36cm
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

Interior of a Parsee burial ground near Teheran  

Publication Date:  1871
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

Procession of people  

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:  Processions
Amérique du Nord -- Mexique
América del Norte -- México
Procesión
Procession
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Map of the Island of Kishm (Qeshm) to accompany the paper by Lieut Col Lewis Pelly published in London for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society by John Murray (MCA/01/02/04/07)  

Publication Date:  [1864]
Publisher:  John Murray
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 11x18 on sheet 14x22cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Chinese small red slippers (third pair), 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

Shah's palace at Teheran  

Publication Date:  1871
Publisher:  The Graphic
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

The Caspian Sea by Thomas Herbert with text titled Farrabaut on the back [from his book titled A relation of some years' travels into Africa and the greater Asia, especially the territories of the Persian Monarchy, and some parts of the Oriental Indies and isles adjacent] published in London (MCA/01/02/03/01)  

Publication Date:  [1638]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 7.5x13.5 on sheet 29x18.5cm
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

Utenzi wa Kiyama (MS 380530c)  

Format:  18 leaves
Technique:  In black type on thin paper
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious belief
Utenzi
Death
Heaven
Muḥammad, Prophet, -632
ابن المهيب، محمد ابو بكر
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Kifo
Imani za kidini
Mbinguni
Kuzimu
Muhammad, Mtume, -632
Faith
Hell -- Islam
Paradise
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Kandyan dance in 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:  Folk dancing
Kandyan dance
උඩරට නැටුම්
Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people)
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

Teheran, the capital of Persia  

Publication Date:  1873
Publisher:  The Illustrated London News
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Cemeteries
آسیا -- ایران -- استان تهران -- تهران
Dokhmas
دخمه
گورستان
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Bshes pa'i spring yig [Letter to a Friend]  

Publication Date:  [19th century]
Creator:  Nāgārjuna, active 2nd century
አንተነህ ዓለሙ
魯珠, 班贡帕巴,‏ ‎‡d active 2nd century
नागार्जुन
Material:  Blockprint, ink on paper
Measurements:  H8.9 x W52.5 cm
Subjects:  Buddhism
बौद्ध धर्म
亚洲 -- 中国 -- 西藏
亞洲 -- 中國 -- 西藏
Mahayana Buddhism -- Doctrines
Religious life -- Mahayana Buddhism
Buddhist priests -- India -- Correspondence
बौद्ध पूजाहारीहरू - भारत - पत्र
बुद्ध धर्म
महायान बौद्ध धर्म - सिद्धांतों
धार्मिक जीवन - महायान बौद्ध धर्म
बौद्ध पुजारियों - भारत - पत्राचार
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Donated by Mr Marco Pallis, 1941

Procession of people  

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:  Processions
Amérique du Nord -- Mexique
América del Norte -- México
Procesión
Procession
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

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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
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  • 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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