Maulvi Salamatullah of Cawnpore, seated smoking a hookah
Scope & Content:
Portrait of Maulvi Salamatullah of Cawnpore, seated on the ground leaning against cushions and smoking a hookah. A dervish friend sits beside him. Inscribed: ‘Moulvie Salaamut Oolah (of Cawnpore).’
Portrait of Hayat-ullah Beg, uncle of Nawab Shams al-Din Khan of Firozpur,seated on a chair smoking a hookah. Inscribed: ‘Hutoolah Beg (uncle of Shumsoodeen).’
Five tent orderlies of Skinner’s Horse, one dressed in white, four in blue, yellow and red; one holding a huge mallet. Inscribed in Persian characters: ‘khalasan’; in English: ‘Kalassies o Skinner Horse.’