Notes and other papers on the Rafai Fakirs, a Muslim sect in Hyderabad and their ceremonies, and related subjects such as fire walking; with photographs. Dated as: 1926-28; 1936
"Indian Fakirs" by J. H. Hunt (later Baron Hunt of Fawley), a paper read to the Osler Club, May 11 1934 and reprinted from the St Bartholemew's Hospital Journal Oct-Dec 1934. Copies of Hunt's photographs, used to illustrate this paper, can be found at Mss Eur F222/16-18
Photograph album illustrating the self-mutilation ceremonies of the Rafai Fakirs. Photographer(s): Edmund Henderson Hunt and John Henderson Hunt (Baron Hunt of Fawley)
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Black post-bound album measuring 312 mm x 437 mm, with 35 sepia-toned prints mounted one to a page, the majority with typescript caption labels pasted beneath. Some of the prints have pencilled references to plate numbers and are marked Copyright reserved, indicating published use in John Hender...
Second album of photographs illustrating self-mutilation ceremonies of the Rafai Fakirs, and photographs of Moharram processions in Hyderabad. Photographer(s): Edmund Henderson Hunt and John Henderson Hunt (Baron Hunt of Fawley)
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Brown cloth-bound photograph album measuring 300 mm x 405 mm, containing 23 uncaptioned prints relating to the self-mutilation rites of the Rafai Fakirs, an Islamic sect in Hyderabad State. These are duplicates of the more extensive, captioned series at Mss Eur F222/16. Other duplicates of these...
Photographs of the self mutilation ceremonies of the Rafai Fakirs, and of a fire walking ceremony. Photographer: Edmund Henderson Hunt
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Collection of 152 loose prints illustrating the self-mutilation ceremonies of the Rafai Fakirs, a Muslim sect in Hyderabad State. The collection contains multiple copies of 24 different subjects, plus three indistinct snapshots of a fire-walking ceremony (taken at night, hence under-exposed and ...
Miscellaneous material on the Buckingham and Collins families, including some correspondence, and a synopsis of the career of Sir James Buckingham (1843-1912), tea planter and Secretary to the Indian Tea Association.