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201. Add Or 5475, f.12

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Add Or 5475, f.12
Title:
Humayun's tomb. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
The tomb of the Emperor Humayun. Inscribed: ‘naqsha-i maqbara Humayun Badshah.’ Pencil note in the margin: ‘Charlie Feesie Emmie and I spent our Xmas Day 1871 here with the Romaines.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

202. Add Or 5475, f.26

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Add Or 5475, f.26
Title:
William Fraser's tomb outside St. James's Church, Delhi. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
William Fraser’s tomb outside St. James’s Church, Delhi. Inscribed: ‘naqsha-i qabr-i Vilyam Fayzar saheb bahadur.’ ‘The Remains interred beneath this Monument were once animated by as brave and sincere a Soul as ever was vouchsafed to Man by his Creator. A Brother in Friendship has caused i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

203. Add Or 5475, f.26v

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Add Or 5475, f.26v
Title:
The inscription on the east end of William Fraser's tomb, in a panel with carved lions below, and a Persian verse above. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
The inscription on the east end of William Fraser’s tomb: ‘Deep beneath this marble stone’ ‘A spirit kindred to our own’ ‘Sleeps in Death’s profound repose’ ‘Freed from human cares and woes.’ ‘Like us his heart, like ours his fame,’ ‘He bore on earth a gallant name.’ ‘Friendship gives to ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

204. Add Or 5475, f.28

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Add Or 5475, f.28
Title:
Tomb of Nawab Safdar Jang. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
Tomb of Nawab Safdar Jang. Inscribed beneath: ‘naqsha-i maqbara-i nawab Safdar Jang bahadur.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

205. Add Or 5475, f.45v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.45v
Title:
The Chaunsath Khamba, the tomb of MIrza Aziz Koka, outside the shrine of Nizamuddin. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
‘The Chaunsath Khamba or the Sixty four Pillars.’ Note: the tomb of Mirza Aziz Koka, Akbar’s foster brother, outside the shrine of Nizamuddin. The same view as in the Daniells’ aquatint.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

206. Add Or 5475, f.46

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.46
Title:
The Chaunsath Khamba, the tomb of MIrza Aziz Koka, outside the shrine of Nizamuddin. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
‘Another view of the same Building’ [i.e. the Chaunsath Khamba].
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

207. Add Or 5475, f.46v(a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.46v(a)
Title:
The tomb of the poet Amir Khusrau at Nizamuddin's shrine. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
The tomb of the poet Amir Khusrau at Nizamuddin. Inscribed: ‘naqsha-i dargah-i hazrat Amir Khusraw dar Nizam al-Din.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

208. Add Or 5475, f.54

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.54
Title:
The tomb of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq at Tughluqabad. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
‘The tomb of the Emperor Toghluck.’ Inscribed: ‘naqsha-i Tughluqabad va sultan-i ‘adil.’ Note: It is unlikely that this artist ever went near this tomb, which is represented more like that of Safdar Jung than of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

209. Add Or 5475, f.55

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.55
Title:
The Shrine of Shah Sharaf al-din Bu 'Ali Qalandar at Panipat, with the tomb of Muqarrab Khan. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s)
Scope & Content:
‘The Durgah or Shrine of Shah Shurufoodeen Boo Ulee Kullundur situated at Paneeput’ [with the tomb of Muqarrab Khan]. Inscribed: ‘naqsha-i dargah hazrat Bu ‘Ali Qalandar dar Panipat. ‘amal-i Mazhar ‘Ali Khan.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

210. Add Or 5475, f.65(b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.65(b)
Title:
The tomb of the founder of the Madrassa, Ghazai al-Din Khan. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
The tomb of the founder of the Madrasa, Ghazi-al Din Khan. Inscribed: ‘naqsha-i maqbara Ghiyad al-Din andarun-i masjid.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

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