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Visit of Tanzanian Ambassador, meeting with the new Director, Sir Michael McWilliam  

Publication Date:  01/10/1989
Technique:  Colour prints
Subjects:  McWilliam, Michael, 1933-
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

'Adat segala raja-raja Melayu (MS 36494)  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Format:  1 manuscript volume
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Kris
Gunpowder
Daggers, Malay
Kêrìs
Keris
Source Institution:  SOAS, Univerity 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

Utenzi wa Hirqal (MS 45022a)  

Publication Date:  [19th century]
Creator:  Kijuma, Muhammad
Mwana, Kupona, 1810-1860
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Handwritten manuscript : Handwritten in black and red ink on old thick papers
Subjects:  Christianity
Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious belief
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Imani za kidini
ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661
Gabriel (Archangel)
Prophet Mohammed
Oral history
Jibril
Ibnu Omari
Jaafari Mwana Amuye Bashiri
Faith
Muḥammad, Prophet, -641
علي بن أبي طالب، الخليفة، 600-661
Heraclius
Abdalla Shuhuri
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Etats de Grand-Siegneur en Asie, Empire de Perse, Pays des Usbecs, Arabie et Egypte [Countries of the Ottoman Emperor in Asia, the Persian Empire and the country of the Uzbeks, Arabia and Egypt] by mapmaker Didier Robert de Vaugondy and published in Paris (MCA/01/01/04/10)  

Publication Date:  1753
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 48x55.5 on sheet 55.5x76cm
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

Nieuwe en Naukeurige Kaart van Persien en dezeszels omelggende Landstreeken [A new and accurate map of Persia with the adjacent countries] an improved version by Willem Albert Bachiene of Emanuel Bowen's map engraved by J van Jagen published in Amsterdam (MCA/01/01/03/22)  

Publication Date:  [1773]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 34x41 on sheet 44x55cm
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

Mongsen Ao word list (MS 18888)  

Publication Date:  1926
Creator:  Mills, J.P. (James Philip), 1890-1960
Format:  1 volume
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Ao language
Source Institution:  SOAS, Univerity of London

Carte de Perse dresse pour l'usage du Roy [Map of Persia drawn up for the use of the King] by Guillaume Delisle engraved by J Stemmers and P Starkman and published in Paris (MCA/01/01/04/08)  

Publication Date:  1724
Creator:  L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726
Strackman, P.
Stemmers, J.
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 49x62 on sheet 51.5x64cm
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

Empire d'Alexandre drawn up under the direction of J Migeon by Charles Lacoste, lettering by A Bizet, engraving by L Smith published in Paris by J Migeon (MCA/01/02/01/21)  

Publication Date:  [1874]
Publisher:  J. Migeon
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 31x42 on sheet 39.5x53cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Reception held in SOAS Library for an Exhibition on Thai Music, in the presence of His Excellency Vidhya Rayananonda, Ambassador of Thailand  

Publication Date:  23/06/1995
Technique:  Colour prints
Subjects:  University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies. Library
Rayananonda, Vidhya
รายนานนท์, วิทย์
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Wakristo Hodari  

Publication Date:  1939
Creator:  Bihlmeyer
Beatus Iten
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

[Manual of astrological works] (MS 381239)  

Publication Date:  ? late 19th or early 20th century
Format:  1 folding book
Material:  Handmade papers
Measurements:  24x9
Subjects:  Astrology
Magical healing
Healing
Charms
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Soltanie, Ville de la Perse en Arabie by Adam Olearius and published in Leiden by Pierre vander Aa (Pieter van der Aa) (MCA/01/02/06/13)  

Publication Date:  [1719]
Creator:  Olearius, Adam, 1603-1671
Publisher:  Pierre vander Aa
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  image 27x36 on sheet 34x48cm
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

Residence of the British legation at Teheran  

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

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

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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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