Settlement of the Nawaiyat Sect. Bhakal, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
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Genre: Architectural Photography This place became the chief settlement of the Nawaiyat sect of Mohamedans. The tradition is that they were driven out of Persia by persecution in the 7th century. Finding a refuge here in North Canara and mixing with Gentile women has produced this peculiar comm...
Settlement of the Nawaiyat Sect. Bhakal, The North Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
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Genre: Architectural Photography This place became the chief settlement of the Nawaiyat sect of Mohamedans. The tradition is that they were driven out of Persia by persecution in the 7th century. Finding a refuge here in North Canara and mixing with Gentile women has produced this peculiar comm...
Foreshore near the Kaup Light. The South Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
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Genre: Landscape Photography About a mile offshore. Here the Welsh owned full-rigged ship 'Ogwen', 1350 tons, with coal Cardiff to Bombay, was wrecked at midnight 28th/29th May 18186. About 20 tons of coal was the total salvage. No lives lost; but on these same rocks Hyder Ali marooned a number...
The Port Officer's Office at Mangalore. The South Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
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Genre: Architectural Photography The Collectorate Headquarters of the South Canara District and to which a senior officer of the Madras Port Department is posted. An open roadstead communicating with an inner harbour only over a shallow and often turbulent bar. Nonetheless Mangalore has an impo...
Three Moplah lighterage contractors. Mangalore, The South Canara Coast. Photographer: Venn, T.W.
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Moidden, Ahmed and another – who between them control and own all ‘manjies’ in the port, not owned by certain exporting firms. All three are tough customers albeit men of their word, once given.
Bombay Harbour, ruins of the Portuguese church. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
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Genre: Architectural Photography Ruins within the fort on the summit of Lower Karanja. Taken by assault in 1774 by troops under the command of Colonel Keatinge, Bombay Army.