Maulvi Salamatullah of Cawnpore, seated smoking a hookah
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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).’
Portrait of Diwan Babu Ram seated on the ground with papers, books, pen-cases and spectacles; beside him his adopted son and a peon standing by. Inscribed: ‘Dewan Baboo Ram. His adopted’ Son.
Saiyid Mirza 'Azim Beg of Hansi, with Dai Lal Vakil, Kisan Lal Munshi and Pir Bakhsh Khitmagar
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Portrait of Saiyid Mirza Azim Beg of Hansi seated on a cane-stool with Dai Lal Vakil, Kisan Lal Munshi and Pir Bakhsh Khitmatgar. Inscribed in Persian characters: ‘Wakil Ram La‘l Khatri. Munshi Kishan Das Khatri. Shabih i Mirza A‘zam Beg jagirdar i Hansi umrash yak sad hasht sal ast wa-nihaya...
Portrait of Munshi Keshav Rai and Shambunath Munshi seated with books and pen and ink. Inscribed in Persian characters: ‘Keshav Rai Munshi: Shambunath’; in English: ‘Moonshee Keshur Raie, Sunbodiath Moonshee.’