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Bridge over the river Herirood  

Publication Date:  1863
Publisher:  The Illustrated London News
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Bridges
پل
آسیا -- افغانستان -- ولایت هرات -- هرات -- هری‌رود
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

[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

Visit of the Shah: Garden party at Chiswick, given by the Prince and Princess of Wales  

Publication Date:  1873
Publisher:  The Illustrated London News
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh, Shah of Iran, 1831-1896
Nasir al-Din Shah, Shah of Iran, 1831-1896
ناصرالدین شاه قاجار
Princess Shokuh-ol-saltaneh
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, 1841-1910
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910
Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925
ادوارد هفتم (پادشاهی متحده)
آسیا -- انگلستان -- لندن بزرگ -- لندن -- چیزویک
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Indo-European telegraph : Landing the cable in the mud at Fao, Persian Gulf  

Publication Date:  1865
Publisher:  The Illustrated London News
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Cables
Telecommunication cables
Telegraph cables
کابلهای مخابراتی
کابل
کابل تلگراف
آسیا -- عراق -- محافظة البصرة -- الفاو‎‎ -- الفاو‎‎ بندر بزرگ
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Old south gate of Teheran  

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

English legation, Teheran  

Publication Date:  1885
Publisher:  The Graphic
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  آسیا -- ایران -- استان تهران -- تهران
Embassy buildings
سفارت
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Teheran [Tehran] [from the Universal Atlas, Hilburghausen, Germany] (MCA/01/03/04)  

Publication Date:  [1840]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  image 11x14 on sheet 15x22.5cm
Technique:  Black and white
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

La Ville de Derbendt en Perse by Adam Olearius published in Leiden by Pierre vander Aa (Pieter van der Aa) (MCA/01/03/01)  

Publication Date:  1719
Creator:  Olearius, Adam, 1603-1671
Publisher:  Pierre vander Aa
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  image 27.5x35 on sheet 34.5x44cm
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

New Shah of Persia, his majesty Muzafer-Ed-Din  

Publication Date:  1896
Publisher:  The Illustrated London News
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

Shah in the weaving-room at Haworth's Mills, Manchester  

Publication Date:  1873
Publisher:  The Illustrated London News
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Mills and mill-work
Textile factories
صنعت نساجی
آسیا -- انگلستان -- منچستر بزرگ -- منچستر
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Chaldean matrons  

Creator:  R., J. R.
Publisher:  The Graphic
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Women
آسیا -- ایران
زنان
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

Tabriz and Hamadan drawn by James Morier, engraved by T Fidding and published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, London (MCA/01/03/03)  

Publication Date:  [1818]
Creator:  Morier, James Justinian, 1780?-1849
Fidding, T.
Publisher:  Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  images 9x41 on sheet 30x43.5cm
Technique:  Black and white
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Shah of Persia, by order of Shafi Khan  

Publication Date:  1856
Creator:  Smith, Orrin, 1799-1843
Publisher:  The Illustrated London News
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh, Shah of Iran, 1831-1896
Nasir al-Din Shah, Shah of Iran, 1831-1896
ناصرالدین شاه قاجار
آسیا -- ایران -- استان تهران -- تهران
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Bazaar at Teheran  

Publication Date:  1873
Creator:  Regamey, Fx.
Publisher:  The Illustrated London News
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  Bazaars (Markets)
بازار
آسیا -- ایران -- استان تهران -- تهران -- بازار بزرگ
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i
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