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Photo 124(6)
- Record Id:
- 040-003048423
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003048417
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025648639.0x0003cc
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100133053252.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 124(6)
- Title:
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Darwesh (Chishtia), Eastern Bengal. Photographer: Unknown
- Scope & Content:
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Portrait of a religious mendicant from Bangladesh by an unknown photographer, early 1860s. It shows a dervish of the Sufi Chishti order. Sufis are devotees of the mystical branch of Islam. In this case the man is a follower of the Indian saint Muin-u'd-din Chishti, whose shrine in Ajmer remains a popular pilgrimage centre today. This print is one of a series of portrait studies of individuals and groups from Eastern Bengal (modern Bangladesh and Assam). It is possible that they were taken in response to the Government of India's call for photographs representing various ethnic types from across the sub-continent.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003048417
040-003048423 - Is part of:
- Photo 124 : Portraits of Bengal types, trades and castes. Photographer(s): Unknown, with one photograph by Bourne, Samuel
Photo 124(6) : Darwesh (Chishtia), Eastern Bengal. Photographer: Unknown - Hierarchy:
- 032-003048417[0006]/040-003048423
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 124
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100133053252.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- -9999
- End Date:
- -9999
- Date Range:
- Unspecified
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Appointment Required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
- 22.5 x 18.3 cm
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known