Genre: Architectural Photography Heavily furnished in European style with a portrait of King George V and Queen Mary prominently displayed in the foreground. Subjects = Anglo-Indian architecture; interiors; palaces; Reading Collection Location = Andhra Pradesh; Hyderabad (A.P.); India
The Court-yard of the Husainabad Imambara. The rescue party are at work. To the left are in the boat Nawab Murtaza Husain Khan, the Trustee of the Husainabad Trust, and Saiyiad Wajid Husain, the Trust Secretary. The vast Court-yard is a sheet of water. Photographer: Beg, M.M.
Front view of the Palace of Light [Husainabad Imambara]. Floor of the Chabotra is under water which is making for the main hall. The rescue party are boating to the platform to take the refugees [Lucknow]. Photographer: Beg, M.M.
Nawab Murtaza Husain Khan and Saiyid Wajid Husain are taking refugees from the other side of the platform. In the other boat are seen the Head Clerk Pandit Debi Pershad Bhatt and his assistants at rescue work [Lucknow]. Photographer: Beg, M.M.
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Genre: Historical Events The Taj copy at the right. Subjects = disasters; floods; Reading Collection