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Special Collections, SOAS Library makes available the Library's collection of archives, manuscripts, and rare books relating to Africa, Asia, the Middle East and beyond.

01/06/2026

'Royal Lamba' from Madagascar, presented to Rev A. R. Down as the district missionary. The age of this burial cloth is unknown. Lambas used for royal burial were of finer quality with gold threads. https://ow.ly/8uJC50YSqWo

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29/05/2026

18th century Christian liturgical texts in Bohairic Coptic with Arabic glosses. Coptic was derived from Ancient Egyptian and written in a modified Greek alphabet. https://ow.ly/3sNG50YRJMf

27/05/2026

Early C13th manuscript edition of the Kokin wakashū of 905, the first imperially commissioned anthology of waka, Japanese court poetry. https://ow.ly/WAyu50YRIVn

25/05/2026

Hausa poem in praise of Muhammad written by Dāwūd, Son of the Imam of the Mosque of Bello. https://ow.ly/51pV50YRICC

22/05/2026

Notebooks of William Dawes, 1790, documenting the grammar and vocab of the language spoken in the area around Sydney, Australia. These books are the major source of information about the Aboriginal language of Sydney. https://ow.ly/BmRg50YRHmA

19/05/2026

This palm-leaf manuscript contains three religious works written in Pali with Sinhalese. https://ow.ly/ay2450YRH03

15/05/2026

Vocabularies of the Taheitian & some other languages, compiled by Joseph Banks during Captain James Cook's first voyage in 1760. https://ow.ly/Msef50YSp3B

12/05/2026

A handwritten native Siamese primer. With an inscription by G.Perry stating that he received it from Captain Francis Light (whose signature is added at the end) at Madras on the 14th July 1778. https://ow.ly/q2Nj50YSqbR

07/05/2026

The Stencl papers contain hundreds of scribbled drafts of poems and memoirs, often written on the back of re-purposed paper, such as napkins or receipts. https://ow.ly/CNhl50YRF0c

04/05/2026

This manuscript map was draw and annotated by David Livingstone documenting his '‘Journey thro’ Barotseland’ in 1853 https://digital.soas.ac.uk/Documents/Detail/david-livingstone-manuscript-map-of-journey-thro-barotseland/948746

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