Afreedi. N.W.F.P. India. Photographer: Holmes, Randolph Bezzant
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Inscription: Signed 'Holmes 123' and captioned in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of an Afridi man, standing among boulders on a mountainside, armed with a jezail and a curved sword.
Lahore Fort. Old Armoury. Photographer: Bremner, Frederick
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Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bremner 826' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the interior of the armoury, showing walls lined with breastplates,shields, swords and muskets.
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait of a Pathan levy, armed with a sword and a small shield. Possibly a member of the Dir Levies.
Three-quarter length studio portrait of an Arab man, looking upwards and to the right, and armed with a sword and musket. Photograph unsigned, possibly by Arnoux.
The Nizam of Hyderabad. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Full-length studio portrait of the young Nizam Mahbub Ali Khan (1866-1911), dressed in a long robe, leaning against a table (on which stands a photograph album) and holding a jewelled sword in his right hand.