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Photo 1000/27(2731)

Record Id:

041-003129765

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

040-003129676

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026192635.0x000c08

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100147550061.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 1000/27(2731)

Title:

Tomb and mosque of Khundar Muhammad Yusuf, Sonargaon. Photographer: Brennand, W.

Scope & Content:

Genre: Architectural Photography

View looking towards the domed mosque, with two tombs, with curved, Bengali-style eaves, off to the left. Described in J. Wise, 'Notes on Sunargaon, Eastern Bengal' (Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. XLIII, part I, Calcutta, 1874), p. 89: '...This latter is called the dargah of Khundar Muhhamad Yusuf. It contains the tombs of the saint, of his father, and of his wife. It consists of two elongated, dome-roofed buildings, each surmounted by two pinnacles covered with or formed of gold...These tombs are destitute of any ornament inside...Close to the tombs is a modern Masjid with a 'kitabah', or inscription, dated A.H. 1112 (A.D. 1700). It was probably erected by the Pir Muhammad Yusuf...' India Museum no. 811.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003126686
040-003129676
041-003129765

Is part of:

Photo 1000 : Archaeological Survey of India Collections: India Office Series
Photo 1000/27 : Archaeological Survey of India Collections: India Office Series (volume 27).

Photo 1000/27(2731) : Tomb and mosque of Khundar Muhammad Yusuf, Sonargaon. Photographer: Brennand, W.

Hierarchy:

032-003126686[0028]/040-003129676[0089]/041-003129765

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1000

Record Type (Level):

Item

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

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Techniques:

Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print

Start Date:

1872

End Date:

1872

Date Range:

1872

Era:

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