Subject: Tombs / Level: [40] File - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2735
Title:: View of the interior of the tomb of Jalal al-Din
Scope & Content:: Another view of the interior of the tomb of Jalal al-Din. Inscribed in Persian characters: ‘andarun i rauzah i Jalal al-Din.’ Pen-and-ink;11.5 by 9 ins.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1785-1790
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3120
Title:: Mausoleum of Nawab Safdar Jang , Delhi
Scope & Content:: Mausoleum of Nawab Safdar Jang, Delhi. A distant view of the tomb with its gateway and wall with turrets; tents and a cavalcade with elephant, camels and horses in foreground. Inscribed on front in Persian characters: ‘Naqshah i darwazah i maqbarah i Nauwab Safdar Jang Bahadur’ (Picture of the...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1820-1825
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3121
Title:: Mausoleum of the Emperor Humayun, Delhi.
Scope & Content:: Mausoleum of the Emperor Humayun, Delhi. Inscribed on front in Persian characters: ‘Naqshah i maqbarah i Humayan Shah; Naqshah i maqbarah i Humayun badshah’ (Picture of the mausoleum of the Emperor Humayun
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1820-1825
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3124
Title:: The Taj Mahal, Agra.
Scope & Content:: The Taj Mahal, Agra, showing the entrance gateway, mosque and mausoleum. Inscribed on front in Persian characters: ‘Naqshah i raudah i Taj ganj dar Akbarabad’ (Picture of the mausoleum of the Crown-Treasure at Agra); on back: ‘The Tomb of Taj Mahel. Agra.’
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1820-1825
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3168
Title:: The Taj Mahal
Scope & Content:: The Taj Mahal Water-colour on embossed paper; 5 by 7.75 ins.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1835
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3169
Title:: Cenotaph of the Emperor Shah Jahan
Scope & Content:: Cenotaph of the Emperor Shah Jahan. Water-colour; 4.5 by 7.25 ins.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1835
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3206
Title:: The Katra (Muslim Seminary), Murshidabad, with behind the tomb of Murshid Quli Jafar Khan
Scope & Content:: The Katra (Muslim Seminary), Murshidabad, with behind the tomb of Murshid Quli Jafar Khan (1703-27), the founder of Murshidabad, and a busy market in front. A large tree to the left. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘The ... built by Jaffier Cawn at Moorshedabad’; and in ink: ‘The Palace built by...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1790-1800
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3216
Title:: The tomb of Shaikh Ibrahim Chishti (d. 1543) at the Nadan Mahal, Lucknow
Scope & Content:: The tomb of Shaikh Ibrahim Chishti (d. 1543) at the Nadan Mahal, Lucknow. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘Niran Mahl near Lucknow and Mosque built in the time of the Emperor Ackbar.’ 393 by 506 mm; 328 by 442 mm within border. Note: The same view, uninscribed, is in the Wellesley Album, Add.Or.1136.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1790-1800
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3217
Title:: Tomb of Itimad al-Daula, Agra
Scope & Content:: Tomb of I‘timad al-Daula, Agra. Inscribed on back in pencil: ‘Tomb of Etmaum Ul Dowlah - Agra’: in ink: ‘Etemaum-Dowlah’s Tomb opposite Agra on the Left Bank of the River Jumna.’. 429 by 554 mm; 386 by 511 mm within border.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1790-1800
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3218
Title:: Tomb of Maryam az-Zamani at Sikandra
Scope & Content:: Tomb of Maryam az-Zamani at Sikandra. Inscribed on back in ink: ‘A Mussulmaun’s Tomb - near Agra 40 miles from it: A Mussulman Tomb 40 miles from Agra.’ 305 by 425 mm; 235 by 370 mm within border. Note: The same view, also unidentified precisely, is in the Wellesley Album, Add.Or.1145.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1790-1800
Extent:: 1 Item

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