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Welcome

SOAS is a leader in the study of Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and our library with its Archives & Special Collections is the HEFCE-designated National Research Library for these regions of the world.

We are in the process of putting our collections of rare manuscripts, books, photographs, audio and film material on-line, to be freely available for everyone.

The first collection to be made available is the photographic archive of Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf (1909-1995). This collection is widely recognised as the world's most comprehensive visual documentation of tribal cultures in South Asia and the Himalayas.

All material on this site is freely available for non-commercial use under Creative Commons licence. Contact us if you need larger files sizes or a commercial use licence.

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