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| People and organisations | Count |
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| Xenophon | 32 |
| Chardin, Sir John (1643-1713) | 24 |
| Cyrus, the Younger, D. 401 B.C | 24 |
| Zampi, Giuseppe Maria | 15 |
| Nadir Shah, Shah of Iran, 1688-1747 | 6 |
| Hanway, Jonas (1712-1786) | 4 |
| Cyrus the Younger, D. 401 B.C | 4 |
| Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste (1605-1689) | 3 |
| Phillips, John (1631-1706) | 3 |
| White, John T | 3 |
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[29 documents, letters, and other ephemera pertaining to Anglo-Jewish history (especially the newspaper The Voice of Jacob), 1659–1938 (bulk 1826–1868) (originals)].
1659–1938
Title supplied by cataloguer. Summary: The collection contains 29 separate items, the majority of which are foliated in pencil in upper right recto as if bound together; the items are primarily in ...
Journal of a residence in England, and of a journey from and to Syria, of their royal highnesses Reeza Koolee Meerza, Najaf Koolee Meerza, and Taymoor Meerza, of Persia : to which are prefixed some particulars respecting modern Persia, and the death of the late Shah. Originally written in Persian... and tr., with explanatory notes (v.1)
Najaf Koolee Meerza Prince of Persia; As'ad Yakub Khayyat
[1839]
Journal of a residence in England, and of a journey from and to Syria, of their royal highnesses Reeza Koolee Meerza, Najaf Koolee Meerza, and Taymoor Meerza, of Persia : to which are prefixed some particulars respecting modern Persia, and the death of the late Shah. Originally written in Persian... and tr., with explanatory notes (v.2)
Najaf Koolee Meerza Prince of Persia; As'ad Yakub Khayyat
[1839]
The voyages & travels of the ambassadors sent by Frederick duke of Holstein, to the great Duke of Muscovy, and the King of Persia : Began in the year M.DC.XXXIII. and finish'd in M.DC.XXXIX. Containing a compleat history of Muscovy, Tartary, Persia, and other adjacent countries. With several publick transactions reaching neer the present times; in VII. books. Whereto are added the Travels of John Albert de Mandelslo, (a gentleman belonging to the embassy) from Persia, into the East-Indies... in III. books
Olearius, Adam (1603-1671); Mandelslo, Johann Albrecht von (1616-1644); Davies, John (1625-1693)
1662
Each volume has special t.-p. Vol. 2: The voyages & travels of J. Albert de Mandelslo... into the East-Indies ... London, Printed for Tho. Dring, and J. Starkey, 1662. "He [Frederick] employ'd in th...
Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East-Indies : giving an account of the state of those countries : as also, a full relation of the five years wars between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life-time, about the succession : and a voyage made by the Great Mogul, Aureng-Zebe, with his army from Delhi to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols call'd the paradise of the Indies : together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manner and trade : to which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's seraglio, and also, of all the kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas (v.1-2)
Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste (1605-1689); Phillips, John (1631-1706); Everard, Edmund
1684-88
Each section of the work has seperate pagination. Part titles and title of volume 2, dated 1684.
Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East-Indies : giving an account of the state of those countries : as also, a full relation of the five years wars between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life-time, about the succession : and a voyage made by the Great Mogul, Aureng-Zebe, with his army from Delhi to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols call'd the paradise of the Indies : together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manner and trade : to which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's seraglio, and also, of all the kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas (v.2)
Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste (1605-1689); Phillips, John (1631-1706); Everard, Edmund
1684-88
Each section of the work has seperate pagination. Part titles and title of volume 2, dated 1684.
Safavid prayer rug design
Churchill, Sidney John Alexander (1862-1921)
16th-19th Century
Two pieces of cloth-backed squared paper with a design or cartoon for a silk prayer rug. The design depicts a mihrab shape decorated with arabesques and lotus, peony, chrysanthemum and magnolia flowe...
cap
before 1947
This cap is decorated with borders of couched scrolls of gold coloured metallic thread, and palmettes with eyelets. The eyelets have been worked in white and outlined with red.
cap
before 1947
The patterned decoration on this cap is composed of geometric borders with scrolls and chain patterns, couched onto the surface of the fabric in gold coloured metallic threads. It is lined with red c...
bag
before 1947
This item is a bag made from a woven silk fabric, which has been hemmed with a wide needle woven border. The piece is folded over and edged with a silk cord at the sides so as to form a bag; two squ...
bag
1800-1947
This item is a bag made from a 19th century jacquard woven silk fabric. The fabric has been folded up and stitched at the sides to form a bag. Silk cord has been stitched around the edges, and the b...