1
Tower of Babel
Tower of Babel
Creator:
Rolevinck, Werner, 1425-1502
Rolewinck, Werner ( contributor )
Publication Date:
1479
Type:
Artifact
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Brunei Gallery
Donor:
Gaston Auboneau collection.
Subject Keyword:
Babylon
בָּבֶל
Βαβυλών
بابل‎
آسيا -- العراق -- بابل -- الحلة -- أطلال بابل
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Iraq -- Babil -- Babylon ruins -- Hillah
Language:
Latin
2
City of Nineveh
City of Nineveh
Creator:
Rolevinck, Werner, 1425-1502
Rolewinck, Werner ( contributor )
Publication Date:
1479
Type:
Artifact
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Brunei Gallery
Donor:
Gaston Auboneau collection.
Subject Keyword:
Nineveh
ܢܸܢܘܵܐ
نينوى‎
نەینەوا
נִינְוֵה‎
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Iraq -- Nīnawá -- Nineveh ruins -- Nineveh
Language:
Latin
3
تقويم الأبدان
تقويم الأبدان
Creator:
ابن جزلة، يحيى بن عيسى، d. 1100
Ibn Jazlah, Yaḥyá ibn ʻĪsá, d. 1100 ( contributor )
Publication Date:
1500
Type:
Book
Source Institution:
Yale University, Medical School
Subject Keyword:
Medicine, Arab
Medicine, Medieval
Language:
Arabic
4
By a concerted effort the pigeons manage to fly off while still in the net.
By a concerted effort the pigeons manage to fly off while still in the net.
Creator:
Kāšifī, Ḥusain Wāʿiẓ, -1505
Kāšifī, Ḥusain Wāʿiẓ, -1505
Kāshifī, Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ, -1504 or 1505
Husayn al-Wa'iz al-Kashifi
كاشفي، حسين بن علي، توفي 1504
Publication Date:
1570
Type:
Artifact
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Brunei Gallery
Donor:
Donated by Miss Louisa Ouseley, 1929.
Subject Keyword:
Mogul Empire
گورکانیان
مغلیہ سلطنت
Crows
کلاغ
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- India -- Moghul Empire
آسیا -- هند -- گورکانیان
5
Hungry fox looks up to see the kite carrying off the piece of skin.
Hungry fox looks up to see the kite carrying off the piece of skin.
Creator:
Kāšifī, Ḥusain Wāʿiẓ, -1504
Publication Date:
1570
Type:
Artifact
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Brunei Gallery
Donor:
Donated by Miss Louisa Ouseley, 1929.
Subject Keyword:
Mogul Empire
گورکانیان
مغلیہ سلطنت
Foxes
روباه
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- India -- Moghul Empire
آسیا -- هند -- گورکانیان
6
Alexandri Magni Macedonia Expeditio by Abraham Ortelius accompanied by a text with same title on the reverse (MCA/01/02/01/13)
Alexandri Magni Macedonia Expeditio by Abraham Ortelius accompanied by a text with same title on the reverse (MCA/01/02/01/13)
Creator:
Ortelius, Abraham ( Mapmaker )
Publication Date:
1595
Type:
Map
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Donor:
Dr. Cyrus Ala'i
Subject Keyword:
ایران -- آسیا
Maps -- Early works to 1800
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Iran
Language:
Latin
7
گنج الگنج : نصر بن احمد
گنج الگنج : نصر بن احمد
Creator:
نصر بن احمد, ابو القاسم, الشاداني النيشابوري
Naṣr ibn Aḥmad, al-Shādānī al-Nīshāpūrī ( contributor )
Publication Date:
1631
Type:
Book
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Persian prose literature.
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Iran
Language:
Persian
8
Persaru[m] sive Parthorum Imperium in Duo de Viginti Regna [Persia or the Parthian Empire in twenty two realms] by Nicolas Sanson and  Ch Galliar engraved by Jean l'Huillier and published in Paris (MCA/01/02/01/23)
Persaru[m] sive Parthorum Imperium in Duo de Viginti Regna [Persia or the Parthian Empire in twenty two realms] by Nicolas Sanson and Ch Galliar engraved by Jean l'Huillier and published in Paris (MCA/01/02/01/23)
Creator:
Sanson, Nicolas ( Mapmaker )
L'Huilier, Jan ( Engraver )
Publication Date:
1655
Type:
Map
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Donor:
Dr. Cyrus Ala'i
Subject Keyword:
ایران -- آسیا
Maps -- Early works to 1800
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Iran
Language:
Latin
9
Plan exact de Gomron ou du Bandar Abassi de L'Isle d'Ormus et des Isles voisines [An exact plan of Gomron or Bandar Abbasi, the Island of Hormuz and neighbouring islands] by Jean Baptiste Tavernier and published in Paris (MCA/01/02/04/05)
Plan exact de Gomron ou du Bandar Abassi de L'Isle d'Ormus et des Isles voisines [An exact plan of Gomron or Bandar Abbasi, the Island of Hormuz and neighbouring islands] by Jean Baptiste Tavernier and published in Paris (MCA/01/02/04/05)
Publication Date:
1676
Type:
Map
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Donor:
Dr. Cyrus Ala'i
Subject Keyword:
ایران -- آسیا
Maps -- Early works to 1800
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Iran
Asia -- Persian Gulf
Language:
French
10
Theatrum Historicum ad annum Christi quadringentesimu in quo tu Imperii Romani tu  Barbororum circuminlentium status ob oculos ponitor Pars Orientalis by Guillelmo [Guillaume] Delisle engraved by F Des Rosiers and published in Paris (MCA/01/02/01/11)
Theatrum Historicum ad annum Christi quadringentesimu in quo tu Imperii Romani tu Barbororum circuminlentium status ob oculos ponitor Pars Orientalis by Guillelmo [Guillaume] Delisle engraved by F Des Rosiers and published in Paris (MCA/01/02/01/11)
Creator:
L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726 ( Mapmaker )
Rosiers, François Des ( Engraver )
Publication Date:
1705
Type:
Map
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Donor:
Dr. Cyrus Ala'i
Subject Keyword:
ایران -- آسیا
Maps -- Early works to 1800
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Iran
Language:
Latin
11
تشريح منصوري‏
تشريح منصوري‏
Creator:
‏ابن إلياس، منصور بن محمد،‏ ‏fl. 1384
Ibn Ilyās, Manṣūr ibn Muḥammad, fl. 1384 ( contributor )
Publication Date:
1709
Type:
Book
Source Institution:
Yale University, Medical School
Subject Keyword:
Human anatomy -- Early works to 1800
Language:
Persian
12
La Ville de Derbendt en Perse by Adam Olearius published in Leiden by Pierre vander Aa (Pieter van der Aa) (MCA/01/03/01)
La Ville de Derbendt en Perse by Adam Olearius published in Leiden by Pierre vander Aa (Pieter van der Aa) (MCA/01/03/01)
Creator:
Olearius, Adam, 1603-1671 ( Mapmaker )
Publication Date:
1719
Publisher:
Pierre vander Aa
Type:
Map
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Donor:
Dr. Cyrus Ala'i
Subject Keyword:
ایران -- آسیا
Maps -- Early works to 1800
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Spatial Coverage:
Europe -- Russia -- Dagestan -- Derbent
اروپا -- روسیه -- داغستان -- دربند
Avropa -- Rusiya -- Dağıstan -- Dərbənd
Avrupa -- Rusya -- Dağıstan -- Derbent
Европа -- Россия -- Дагестан -- Дербент
Language:
French
13
La Ville de Scamachie en Perse by Adam Olearius published in Leiden by Pierre vander Aa (Pieter van der Aa) (MCA/01/03/02)
La Ville de Scamachie en Perse by Adam Olearius published in Leiden by Pierre vander Aa (Pieter van der Aa) (MCA/01/03/02)
Creator:
Olearius, Adam, 1603-1671 ( Mapmaker )
Publication Date:
1719
Publisher:
Pierre vander Aa
Type:
Map
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Donor:
Dr. Cyrus Ala'i
Subject Keyword:
ایران -- آسیا
Maps -- Early works to 1800
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Azerbaijan -- Shirvan -- Shirvan
Asya -- Azerbaycan -- Şirvan -- Şirvan
Asiya -- Azərbaycan -- Şirvan -- Şirvan
آسیا -- جمهوری آذربایجان -- شیروان -- شیروان
Language:
French
14
Nouvelle carte de la province de Kilan [Gilan] en Perse by Adam Olearius published in Leiden by Pierre Van der Aa (Pieter van der Aa) (MCA/01/02/02/05)
Nouvelle carte de la province de Kilan [Gilan] en Perse by Adam Olearius published in Leiden by Pierre Van der Aa (Pieter van der Aa) (MCA/01/02/02/05)
Creator:
Olearius, Adam, 1603-1671 ( Mapmaker )
Publication Date:
1719
Publisher:
Pierre Van der Aa
Type:
Map
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Donor:
Dr. Cyrus Ala'i
Subject Keyword:
ایران -- آسیا
Maps -- Early works to 1800
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Iran
Asia -- Caspian Sea
Language:
Latin
French
15
Imperii Persici delineatio ex scriptis Potissimum Geographicis Arabum et Persarum Tentata ab Petrum Schenk Amsterdami [The Persian Empire drawn...]published in Amsterdam by Petrus Schenk II based on his father's 1705 map (MCA/01/01/03/17)
Imperii Persici delineatio ex scriptis Potissimum Geographicis Arabum et Persarum Tentata ab Petrum Schenk Amsterdami [The Persian Empire drawn...]published in Amsterdam by Petrus Schenk II based on his father's 1705 map (MCA/01/01/03/17)
Creator:
Schenk, Peter, 1660-1718 or 1719 ( Mapmaker )
Publication Date:
1722
Publisher:
Petrus Schenk II
Type:
Map
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Donor:
Dr. Cyrus Ala'i
Subject Keyword:
ایران -- آسیا
Maps -- Early works to 1800
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Iran
Language:
Latin
16
Carte Marine de la Mer Caspiene levee suivant les ordres de S M Czariene [Marine chart of the Caspian Sea drawn up following the orders of His Majesty the Czar] par Mr Carl Vanverden by Guillaume Delisle (De Lisle)  and published in Amsterdam by Reinier Ottens (MCA/01/02/03/04)
Carte Marine de la Mer Caspiene levee suivant les ordres de S M Czariene [Marine chart of the Caspian Sea drawn up following the orders of His Majesty the Czar] par Mr Carl Vanverden by Guillaume Delisle (De Lisle) and published in Amsterdam by Reinier Ottens (MCA/01/02/03/04)
Publication Date:
1723
Publisher:
Reinier Ottens
Type:
Map
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Donor:
Dr. Cyrus Ala'i
Subject Keyword:
ایران -- آسیا
Maps -- Early works to 1800
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Iran
17
Carte Marine de la Mer Caspiene levee suivant les ordres de S M Czariene [Marine chart of the Caspian Sea drawn up following the orders of His Majesty the Czar] par Mr Carl Vanverden by Guillaume Delisle (De Lisle)  and published in Amsterdam by Reinier Ottens (MCA/01/02/03/04)
Carte Marine de la Mer Caspiene levee suivant les ordres de S M Czariene [Marine chart of the Caspian Sea drawn up following the orders of His Majesty the Czar] par Mr Carl Vanverden by Guillaume Delisle (De Lisle) and published in Amsterdam by Reinier Ottens (MCA/01/02/03/04)
Publication Date:
1723
Publisher:
Reinier Ottens
Type:
Map
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Donor:
Dr. Cyrus Ala'i
Subject Keyword:
ایران -- آسیا
Maps -- Early works to 1800
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Iran
18
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)
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)
Creator:
L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726 ( Mapmaker )
Strackman, P. ( Engraver )
Stemmers, J. ( Engraver )
Publication Date:
1724
Type:
Map
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Donor:
Dr. Cyrus Ala'i
Subject Keyword:
ایران -- آسیا
Maps -- Early works to 1800
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Iran
Language:
French
19
Provinciarum Persicarum Kilaniae [The Persian province of Gilan] Chirvaniae Dagestaniae aliarumque vicinarum regionorum partium Nova Geographica Tabula by Johan Baptist Homann published in Nuremberg (MCA/01/02/02/06)
Provinciarum Persicarum Kilaniae [The Persian province of Gilan] Chirvaniae Dagestaniae aliarumque vicinarum regionorum partium Nova Geographica Tabula by Johan Baptist Homann published in Nuremberg (MCA/01/02/02/06)
Creator:
Homann, Johann Baptist ( Mapmaker )
Olearius, Adam, 1603-1671 ( Mapmaker )
Publication Date:
1728
Type:
Map
Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Donor:
Dr. Cyrus Ala'i
Subject Keyword:
ایران -- آسیا
Maps -- Early works to 1800
Russia -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
روسیه -- نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Iran
Asia -- Caspian Sea
Language:
Latin
German
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تحفة الخواتين : تحفة الخواتين
تحفة الخواتين : تحفة الخواتين
Creator:
Anṣārī Shīrāzī, ʻAlī ibn Ḥusayn, approximately 1329-1403 or 1404
Publication Date:
1742
Type:
Book
Format:
37 f.
Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:
Medicine, Persian
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- Iran
Language:
Arabic