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040-003130271 Subject Tombs and Sepulchral Monuments

1. Photo 1000/32(3327)

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Photo 1000/32(3327)
Title:
Ruins of the Tomb of Ghias-ud-din Azam Shah, Sonargaon. Photographer: Brennand, W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Showing a heap of finely carved stones. This print is reproduced as a lithograph in J. Wise, 'Notes on Sunargaon, Eastern Bengal' ('Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal', vol. XLIII, part I, Calcutta, 1874), pl.VIII: 'This tomb has fallen to pieces. The iron...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1000/32(3315)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/32(3315)
Title:
Ruined temple at Tribeni [Zafar Khan Ghazi's Tomb], Hugli District. Photographer: Ocheme, T.S.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of façade. See introduction for note on dating. Duplicate copy at print 2375. India Museum no. 1558. 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 40-41.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1000/32(3257)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/32(3257)
Title:
General view of Dada Harir's Tomb, Asarwa, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of south façade showing entrance, with bricked-in area in foreground apparently used as living quarters by the watchman. Reproduced in collotype in James Burgess, 'Muhammadan architecture of Ahmadabad' (Archaeological Survey of Western India, vol. 8...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1000/32(3253)

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Photo 1000/32(3253)
Title:
Shah Alam's Tomb from the top of Shah Alam's Mosque, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking south-east from the top of the mosque towards the main entrance (west façade) of the tomb. India Museum no. 1496. Received from Captain Lyon 7 February 1871. Duplicate print at Photo 1001 (3253). This copy of the print is numbered 602 in the negati...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1000/32(3258)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/32(3258)
Title:
General view of Shaikh Ahmad Ganj Baksh's Tomb, Sarkhej, near Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the south-east. India Museum no. 1501. Received from Captain Lyon 7 February 1871. Duplicate print at Photo 1001 (3258). 610. - At a distance of about 5 miles from Ahmedabad are the ruins of what must once have been the magnificent cemetery of Sirkej....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1000/32(3250)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/32(3250)
Title:
Close view of inner doorway of Shah Alam's Tomb, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the right looking towards the double brass doorway, and showing the surrounding pierced marble walls of the tomb. India Museum no. 1493. Received from Captain Lyon 7 February 1871. Duplicate print at Photo 1001 (3250). 602. - Shows the entrance to the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1000/32(3248)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/32(3248)
Title:
General view from the north-west of Sayyid Muhammad Maqbul Alam's Tomb at Shah Alam, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography This tomb, almost identical in design to Shah Alam's Tomb on the same site, is situated to the south of the mosque (see plan in James Burgess, 'The Muhammadan architecture of Ahmadabad' (Archaeological Survey of Western India, viol. 8, London, 1905), pl. 24). In...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1000/32(3251)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/32(3251)
Title:
Close view of façade of pierced stone screens on the north wall of Shah Alam's Tomb, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography 603. - Gives a view of the outer wall on the North side of the tomb, it is built as may be seen of stone, pierced and carved into all sorts of different devices, each slab of stone containing four squares. One block had been damaged and taken out, and has no dou...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item