[A lane in Sonargaon towards Panam (?).] Photographer: Unknown
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Photograph of a lane in Sonargaon towards Panam. This print was taken by an unknown photographer in the 1870s. The view shows a narrow path through a wood near Sonargaon in Bangladesh.
[View of the Malik-i-Maidan Gun in the Fort at Bijapur.] Photographer: Hinton, Henry
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Inscribed in pencil N.13 on lower right corner of mount. The pencilled number identifies this print as one of a series of views with letterpress published by Henry Hinton and entitled The ruins of Beejapoor, in a series of nineteen views from collodion negatives (Printed by Thomas Graham: Bombay...
[The Haidar Burj or Upri Burj, Bijapur.] Photographer: Henry Hinton
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Inscribed N.14 in pencil on lower right corner of mount. The pencilled number identifies this print as one of a series of views with letterpress published by Henry Hinton and entitled The ruins of Beejapoor, in a series of nineteen views from collodion negatives (Printed by Thomas Graham: Bombay...
[The Mehtar Mahal gateway, Bijapur.] Photographer: Henry Hinton.
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Photograph of the The Mehtar Mahal gateway in Bijapur. The Mehtar Mahal dates from 1620 during the epoch of Ibrahim Adil Shah II. This elegant gateway constitutes the entrance to the courtyard of the Mehtar Mosque. The exterior is like a square tower with two slender minarets on the sides and a ...
[The Sat Manzili at Bijapur.] Photographer: Henry Hinton.
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Photograph of the The Sat Manzili at Bijapur. The Sat Manzili or Seven-Storeyed Palace is situated on the South-west of the Gagan Mahall and has now only five floors. It was originally a three-storeyed building and terminated with a terrace of which the kanjura or merlon around the walls remain....
[Mustapha Khan's Gateway and Mosque, Bijapur.] Photographer: Henry Hinton.
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Inscribed N.6 in pencil on lower right corner of mount. The pencilled number identifies this print as one of a series of views with letterpress published by Henry Hinton and entitled The ruins of Beejapoor, in a series of nineteen views from collodion negatives (Printed by Thomas Graham: Bombay,...
[View of the Gagan Mahal or durbar hall, Bijapur.] Photographer: Henry Hinton.
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Photograph of the view of the Gagan Mahal or durbar hall in Bijapur. The Gagan Mahal or Heavenly Palace is the Assembly or Durbar Hall built by Ali Adil I in 1560. The facade is dominated by an immense arch, 20 metres long and 17 metres high, flanked by two narrow high archways. At the rear ther...