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Persia drawn and engraved by William Home Lizars and published by him in Edinburgh (MCA/01/01/06/49)  

Publication Date:  [1840]
Publisher:  William Home Lizars
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 23.5x19.5 on sheet 36x29cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Chinese yellow slippers 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

Male and female head-porters : from an album of Company paintings of occupations and festivals  

Publication Date:  1830
Material:  Watercolour on paper
Measurements:  H35 x W22 cm
Subjects:  Porters
एशिया -- भारत -- तमिलनाडु
ஆசியா -- இந்தியா -- தமிழ்நாடு
कुली
தொழிலாளி
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Formerly owned by Rev. William Thompson (1811-1889). On permanent loan from the Council for World Mission Archive.

Mount Seir, missionary summer residence (Ooromiah)  

Publication Date:  1885
Publisher:  The Graphic
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Nestorian Mission
نسطوری
آسیا -- ایران -- استان آذربایجان غربی -- ارومیه -- کوه سعیر
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Ritual performance 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 Panchromic Fine Grain
Subjects:  Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people)
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Salsilah keturunan Raja-raja Brunei (MS 25032)  

Creator:  Dato Imam Yaakub
Format:  59 ff ; 16.5 cm
Material:  On European paper.
Measurements:  H24.1 x W16.3 cm
Subjects:  Sultans
Kings, queens, rulers, etc.
Silsilah kerajaan Brunei
Brunei -- Sultans
Brunei -- History
Kings and rulers -- Genealogy
Genealogy
Genealogi
Raja-raja dan penguasa - genealogi
Brunei - Sultan
Brunei - Sejarah
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Gift of Lt-Col. D.C.Philott.

Hamziyya Notes  

Publication Date:  1936
Creator:  Hichens, William, -1944
Sayyid Idarus bin Athman
Sheikh Muhammad Said Albusiry
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  25 cm.
Technique:  1 volume (32 pages)
Subjects:  Islam
Swahili poetry
Religious beliefs
Kiswahili mashairi
Uislamu
Imani za kidini
Faith
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Ships:] "Abdulla" transport; the "Feroze"; "Punjaub"; and "Assaye" shelling the old Portuguese battery, Indus flat.  

Publication Date:  1857
Publisher:  The Illustrated London News
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Warships
Ships
آسیا -- ایران -- استان بوشهر -- بوشهر
Anglo–Persian War (1856-1857)
جنگ بوشهر (1856-1857)
کشتی ها
کشتی جنگی
Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations
انگلیس و فارسی جنگ (1856-1857)
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Ormuz Regnum (in cartouche) Descriptio Regnio Ormuzii (above map) by Jodocus Hondius and Bertius Petrus and published in Amsterdam (MCA/01/02/04/01)  

Publication Date:  [1616]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 9.5x13.5 on sheet 12.5x19cm
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

Hikayat Raja Jumjumah  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Creator:  [S.l.]
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  Malay literature
Kesusasteraan Melayu
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Shah at the Crystal Palace  

Publication Date:  1873
Creator:  Paioa, M.
Publisher:  The Illustrated London News
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Palaces
کاخ
Exhibition buildings
نمایشگاه ساختمان
آسیا -- انگلستان -- لندن بزرگ -- لندن -- کریستال پلس
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

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

Sha'ir Harith Fazilah (MS 36559)  

Publication Date:  [n.d.]
Creator:  Harith Fazilah
Tubilawa, al-Husain bin Ismail orang Bugish
Format:  1 manuscript
Material:  blue European paper
Measurements:  19.5 x 14.5
Source Institution:  SOAS, Univerity of London
Donor:  Purchased by Kegan Paul

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

Christ Church, Woburn Square  

Publication Date:  15/07/1969
Technique:  Black and white prints, one mounted
Subjects:  Church of Christ the King (Bloomsbury, London, England)
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

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