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Untitled map of the Persian Coast, Persian Gulf and its islands, the Strait of Hormuz and the northwest corner of the Gulf of Oman by William Herbert published in London (MCA/01/02/04/02)  

Publication Date:  [1758]
Creator:  Herbert, William, 1718-1795
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 45x60 on sheet 55x72.5cm
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

South front of the Shah's palace at Teheran.  

Publication Date:  1873
Creator:  Crane, H.
Publisher:  The Illustrated London News
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

Avesta  

Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Ancient Persian Empire drawn and engraved by John Dower and published in London by Henry Teesdale & Co (MCA/01/02/01/09)  

Publication Date:  1831
Creator:  Dower, John
Publisher:  Henry Teesdale & Co
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 34x41.5 on sheet 36.5x43.5cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  Iran -- Maps
ایران -- آسیا
ایران -- نقشه ها
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

Untitled map of Western and Southern Asia [by Sir Walter Raleigh] engraved by Emanuel Bowen (MCA/01/02/01/02)  

Publication Date:  [1736]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 24.5x27 on sheet 36x45cm
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

De l'Asie Figure LXXIII Ispahan (Isfahan) with text titled Du Meydan, & du palais des Roys de Perse on the back [by Allain Mallet published in Paris by Denys Thierry] (MCA/01/02/06/06)  

Publication Date:  [1683]
Publisher:  Denys Thierry
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  image 14x9.5 on sheet 21x14cm
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

Verschiedene Prospecte der vornemsten Stadten in Persien [Various views of the most prominent cities in Persia]  

Publication Date:  [1716]
Creator:  Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724
Publisher:  Johann Baptist Homann ( Nuremberg )
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  image 49x58cm on sheet 52x60cm
Technique:  Copper etching. 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

The Caspian Sea drawn by the Czar's special command by Carl van Verden in the year 1719, 1720 and 1722 this exact copy is done by H Moll Geographer and published in London (MCA/01/02/03/06)  

Publication Date:  [1729]
Creator:  Moll, Herman, -1732
Publisher:  J. Brotherton
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 27x21 on sheet 34x22.5cm
Technique:  Hand coloured
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Caspian Sea -- 1722
دریای خزر -- 1722
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Divan  

Publication Date:  [19th century]
Creator:  Muhammad Zuhuri
ظهوري, نور الدين محمد، ١٥٣٧-١٦١٦
Ẓuhūrī, Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad, 1537 or 1538-1616 or 1617
Material:  Lacquer.
Measurements:  H23 x W13.6 cm
Subjects:  Asya -- Türkiye
Asiya -- Türkiyə
آسيا -- تركيا
Ասիա -- Թուրքիա
Азия -- Турция
Ασία -- Τουρκία
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Ottoman
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Donated by R.C.Reid, Esq (D.D. Dickson bequest).

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

Divan-I-Khaneh, at Teheran  

Publication Date:  1857
Publisher:  The Illustrated London News
Material:  Paper
Technique:  Engraving
Subjects:  آسیا -- ایران -- استان تهران -- تهران
Salons
Reception rooms
اتاق نشیمن
سالن
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

Alexandri Magni Macedonia Expeditio by Abraham Ortelius accompanied by a text with same title on the reverse (MCA/01/02/01/13)  

Publication Date:  1595
Creator:  Ortelius, Abraham
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 36x46 on sheet 43x52.5cm
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

Nestorian Women  

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