Rahat Manzil Palace, Bhopal (at Ahmedabad). Photographer: Narain, Upendra
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Inscription: Signed in the negative, 'Upendra Narain.' Captioned in pencil on mount. Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the palace from the garden.
Sadar Manizil Palace, Bhopal (in city). Photographer: Narain, Upendra
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Inscription: Print stamped in ink, 'Upendra Narain.' Captioned in pencil on mount. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the palace facade. Also captioned in ink on mount, in a different hand, 'Exterior of part of Sadar Manzil Palace.'
[Military group, England.] Photographer: Elliott and Fry
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Inscription: Photographer's credit printed on mount. Genre: Portrait Photography Formal group portrait of British army officers, no identifications supplied.
[Camp of 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment, possibly at Kandahar.] Photographer: Unknown
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View of a large encampment of tents, with mudbrick buildings behind and mountains on the horizon. Location unidentified, but possibly in Kandahar, where the 63rd Regiment were stationed from c. 1880.
The Colonel Sahab. Colonel Sahibzada Haji Hafiz Muhammad Ubaidullah Khan, Sahib Bahadur. A.D.C. to His Majesty King Edward VII. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders vignetted portrait. The caption on the reverse also refers to 'Mrs Ranken's article, 'The veiled ruler.''
[Portrait of Sultan Jahan Begum, Begum of Bhopal.] Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length seated, full-face portrait of Sultan Jahan Begum (1858-1930), Begum of Bhopal 1901-26 (abdicated), in formal dress and crown, and wearing various decorations. On the mount is pasted a typescript note beneath the Begum's letterhead, reading: 'and ...
[Portrait of Sultan Jahan, Begum of Bhopal.] Photographer: Unknown
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Inscription: Print signed in ink at bottom right: 'Sultan Jahan 8-2-23. M.S.S.B.' Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length seated portrait of Sultan Jahan (1858-1930), Begum of Bhopal 1901-26 (abdicated), photographed inside one of the palaces at Bhopal.
[British officers with Indian soldiers and military band.] Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Formally posed group, with seated officers and Indian soldiers and military band standing behind. Possibly 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment.