Archive Reference (shelfmark): Photo 972 - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 972, 5(272a)
Title:: Ruth Dhoondees. Agricultural tribe. Soonnee Mahomedans. Googaira. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of two seated men. Oval image. 'The persons represented in the photograph are five feet nine inches high, strong powerful men, and, for their station in life, are well dressed...They are good specimens of the industrial portion of the Mahom...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1860s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 972, 5(272b)
Title:: Hootiyana Dhoondees. Agricultural tribe. Soonnee Mahomedans. Mooltan. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = ethnic groups; Hutiyana Dhundis; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 5, 1872) Location = Multan; Pakistan; Punjab; Punjab (Pakistan)
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1860s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 972, 5(273)
Title:: Kumbos. Hindoos. Googaira. Mooltan. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = ethnic groups; Kumbos; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 5, 1872) Location = Multan; Pakistan; Punjab; Punjab (Pakistan)
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1860s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 972, 5(274)
Title:: Chishtees. Mahomedans of Arab origin. Googaira. Mooltan. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of three seated men. 'The Chishtees are one of the most interesting Mahomedan tribes now in India, and are descended from the first Mahomedan settlers, who were Arabs...In Mooltan, the Chishtees are for the most part landholders and cultiva...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1860s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 972, 5(275)
Title:: Bukiyanas. Rajpoots, now Mussulmans. Gugaira. Mooltan. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length portrait of two men, one standing, one seated. Oval image. 'They are herdsmen and farmers only - a fine, stalwart tribe, but not numerous, and given entirely to peaceful and industrious pursuits...They have long bamboo staffs, used in herdi...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1860s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 972, 5(276)
Title:: Jogi. Hindoo devotee. Mooltan. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of seated figure. Oval image, faded. 'The Jogi represented has scant clothing, and desires no other. His eyes arclosed, and he is teling his beads, repeating the names and attributes og God, on whom he is meditating. A fine powerful man, wi...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1860s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 972, 5(277)
Title:: Bairagee. Hindoo mendicant friar. Mooltan. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait, in profile. 'The subject of the present photograph was a Jat. He has left wife and children under an irresistible religious zeal, and, forswearing the world, has become a Bairagee. The broad trident of Vishnu is painted on his for...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1860s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 972, 6
Title:: The People of India. A series of photographic illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the races and tribes of Hindustan. Volume VI.
Scope & Content:: The People of India. A series of photographic illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the races and tribes of Hindustan. Volume VI.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Unspecified
Extent:: 71 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 972, 6(278)
Title:: H.H. Meer Yar Mahomed. Talpoor. With attendant. Sheea Mussulman. Sind. Photographer: Tanner, Henry Charles Baskerville
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Photograph probably by Tanner. Seated portrait with attendant standing to left. '...The Talpoor family were the last who possessed sovereign power [in Sindh]...The Talpoors, originally a Beloch family, settled in Sind early in the last century, and were militar...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1861-1862
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 972, 6(279)
Title:: Meer Futteh Khan and Meer Emam Bukhsh. Thora Talpoors. Sheea Mussulmans. Sind. Photographer: Tanner, Henry Charles Baskerville
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Photograph probably by Tanner. Oval image. Full-length portrait of three figures, two seated, the central one standing. '...On the right is Meer Futteh Khan, eldest son of H.H. Shere Mahomed, of Meerpoor, the last of the Talpoor chiefs who withstood the British...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1861-1862
Extent:: 1 item

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