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Project / Collection India Office Records Language Not applicable Subject Tombs and Sepulchral Monuments

1. IOR/L/MIL/5/731(70)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/731(70)
Title:
Coffin wood slab of a species of cypress (Kangfang, Upper Ngawchang). Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Chinese man with large wooden coffin slab, with two military police standing on the right.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1910-1911
Extent:
1 item

2. IOR/L/MIL/5/731(71)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/731(71)
Title:
Chinese traders' coffin wood depot at Kangfang, Upper Ngawchang. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Group posed with timber in front of depot.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1910-1911
Extent:
1 item

3. IOR/L/PS/7/232(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/7/232(2)
Title:
The Tomb of the Late Ilkhani of Bujnurd. Photographer: Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across stream towards the the tomb, partly obscured by trees: 'In the afternoon, we rode back towards Firuza to visit the tomb of the late Ilkhani. The shrine, as it now is, consists of a central blue dome and two side arches, with four minarets. Th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1908-Dec 1908
Extent:
1 item

4. IOR/L/PS/7/232(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/7/232(7)
Title:
The Gunbad-i-Kabus from the south-west [Gonbad-e Kavus]. Photographer: Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography View looking towards the obelisk and surrounding (modern) buildings at the Russian post. The post was set up by the agreement of the Persian and Russian governments in order to stop trans-frontier raiding. 'Before quitting Gunbad-i-Kabus, which is now the capit...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1908-Dec 1908
Extent:
1 item

5. IOR/L/PS/7/232(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/7/232(14)
Title:
Shrine of Muhamead [sic] Mahruk. Tomb of Omar Khayyam showing in left wing [at Nishapur or Neyshabur]. Photographer: Watson, John Williams
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view, but with top of dome of main tomb out of picture. 'Less than half a mile to the east [of the tomb of Farid-ud-din], in the heart of old Nishapur, the walls of which now resemble banks of earth, is a garden shrine. Under the dome, in the place of ho...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1908-Dec 1908
Extent:
1 item