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51. IOR/L/PS/10/821/12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/821/12
Title:
File 2023/1919 Pt 12 ‘MESOPOTAMIA: Proceedings of SAMARRA Divisional Council’
Scope & Content:
This item comprises papers relating to the establishment of the Divisional Council at Samarra, in Mesopotamia [Iraq] under the British colonial administration. Papers comprise an India Office Political Department memorandum and enclosure in print and typescript, notably covering: Relative expense...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1920-26 Jul 1920
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

52. IOR/L/PS/10/1127/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1127/1
Title:
File 3665/1924 Pt 7 ‘Arabia: - Nejd-Hedjaz Situation. Fall of Medina; Surrender of Jeddah. Abdication of King Ali; desecration of shrines by the Wahabis.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to events during the invasion of Hedjaz [Hejaz] by Wahabi [Wahhabi] forces under the Sultan of Najd, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. The papers cover: the fall of Medina; the surrender of Jeddah; the flight from Jeddah and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1925-2 Jan 1929
Extent:

1 item (347 folios)

53. IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (22)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (22)
Title:
The Hazrat Sultan Shrine [at Shad Mina, west of Darreh Gaz]. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of shrine, with pilgrims in front: 'On the second day we rode off west [from Darreh Gaz] to inspect various ancient sites...Leaving the Governor to examine his fine crop of cotton, we rode westwards for another six miles to a second ruined site, ter...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 item

54. IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (22)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/11/76, P 1383/1914 (22)
Title:
The Hazrat Sultan Shrine [at Shad Mina, west of Darreh Gaz]. Photographer: Sykes, Percy Molesworth
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of shrine, with pilgrims in front: 'On the second day we rode off west [from Darreh Gaz] to inspect various ancient sites...Leaving the Governor to examine his fine crop of cotton, we rode westwards for another six miles to a second ruined site, ter...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 item

55. IOR/L/PS/20/C104/1, f 143

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C104/1, f 143
Title:
‘Remains of a bye-gone era; at the shrine of the 44 recluses-ruins of Zāhidān.’
Scope & Content:
A photograph of several fragments of inscribed tablets, photographed at the ruins of ‘the shrine of the 44 recluses of Zāhidān [north of present-day Zehak]’. It is also referred to as a ziarat dedicated to ‘the 44 Pirs of Zāhidān’. ‘Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Cal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 photograph

56. IOR/L/PS/20/C104/1, f 162

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C104/1, f 162
Title:
‘Ancient shrine of Amrān, S. of chakānsur. Curious octagonal shaft of minaret in ruins.’
Scope & Content:
A view of the ancient shrine of Amran, south of Chakansur [Nimroz], including the ruins of an octagonal minaret. Figures can be seen sitting on the floor. ‘Engraved and printed at the Offices of the Survey of India, Calcutta [Kolkata] 1910.’ is printed underneath. The photograph was taken duri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 photograph

57. Johnson 15,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 15,4
Title:
A lady visiting a shrine. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90), style of
Scope & Content:
A lady visits a shrine. Style of Bahadur Singh, Lucknow, c.1775. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 3 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gold-decorated blue border and gilt-sprinkled margin. 131 by 108 mm; page 411 by 289 mm. A lady dress...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1775
Extent:
1 Item

58. Johnson 20,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 20,1
Title:
A lady visiting a shrine. Artist(s): Maharai (fl.c.1750)
Scope & Content:
A lady visiting a shrine. Mughal, c.1750. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 13 in Persian inventory note; inscribed below: ‘‘amal-i maharai musavvir’ (the work of the painter Maharai). Gouache with gold; on an album page with blue and pale yellow borders. 242 by 138 mm; ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1750
Extent:
1 Item

59. Johnson 45,37

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 45,37
Title:
A lady visiting a shrine . Artist(s): Mir Kalan Khan (fl.c.1760-80) style of
Scope & Content:
A lady visiting a shrine. Style of Mir Kalan Khan, Lucknow, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 73 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; uncoloured border. 257 by 157 mm; page 354 by 236 mm. A lady with a lamp and a ewer approaches a lingam shrine set bene...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

60. K.T.C.121.b.1, 2(121)

Reference (shelfmark):
K.T.C.121.b.1, 2(121)
Title:
The shrine in the south front of the Yung-an Temple stupa. Photographer: Ogawa Kazuma
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1901
Extent:
1 item

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