Indoislamica: art and rare books relating to India, Central Asia and the Islamic world

Agra - Marble screen enclosing sarcophagi - Taj Mahal.

A remarkable screen decorated with pietra dura (coloured marbles and semi-precious stones).

Circa 1870.

Albumen print. Mounted on a contemporary album leaf with titling in contemporary ink. Verso another albumen print circa 1870 titled 'Agra - the Motee Musjid or Pearl Mosque'. 235mm x 190mm. (9.25 x 7.5ins).

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Agra - the Delhi Gate and Fort.

The grandest of the two entrances to the fort which leads to an inner gate - the Elephant Gate or Hathi Pol.

Circa 1870.

Albumen print. Mounted on a contemporary album leaf with titling in contemporary ink. Verso another albumen print circa 1870 titled 'Agra - the Zenana'. 235mm x 190mm. (9.25 x 7.5ins).

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Agra - the Taj Mahal from the fountain.

Circa 1870.

Albumen print. Mounted on a contemporary album leaf with titling in contemporary ink. Verso another albumen print circa 1870 titled 'Agra - the Taj Mahal from the river'. 235mm x 190mm. (9.25 x 7.5ins).

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Calcutta - avenue of palm trees, Botanical Gardens.

Founded on the banks of the Hoogly river in 1787 by the East India Company, the Indian Botanic Garden, as it is now known, was, during the nineteenth century, one of the world's largest tropical gardens.

Circa 1870.

Albumen print. Mounted on a contemporary album leaf with titling in contemporary ink. Verso another albumen print circa 1870 titled 'Calcutta - interior of Banian tree at Barrakpore'. 235mm x 190mm. (9.25 x 7.5ins).

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Cawnpore - Suttee Chowra Ghat - scene of the massacre.

Cawnpore was the scene of several massacres of the British during the 'Indian Mutiny' of 1857.

Circa 1870.

Albumen print. Mounted on a contemporary album leaf with titling in contemporary ink. Verso another albumen print circa 1870 titled 'Cawnpore - memorial well from the avenue'. 235mm x 190mm. (9.25 x 7.5ins).

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Charburgi (Chauburji) Ruins: Entrance to Begum’s Garden.

The Chau (four) Burji (towers), Lahore, with its brilliant tile work, was originally the entrance to a garden. The gateway bears an inscription that the garden was laid out in 1646 by a lady, a Mughal grandee identified only as ‘Sahib-e-Zebinda, Begum-e-Dauran’. ‘One endowed with elegance, the lady of the age’.

Albumen print. Mounted on an album leaf and titled in a contemporary hand. 205 x 280mm. (8.25 x 11.25ins).

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Entrance gate to Itmad-ud-daulah’s tomb, Agra.

The tomb of the Persian, Mirza Ghiyas Beg, who found employment at the court of Akbar, finally becoming chief minister under Jahangir, dying in 1622. The tomb was completed in 1628.

Circa 1885.

Albumen print. 200mm x 130mm. (8 x 5.1ins).

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Flagstaff Tower, Delhi.

In this 150 foot high tower, the residents of the Delhi cantonment, many being women and children, gathered in stifling heat, to make a stand during the ‘Indian Mutiny’ of 1857.

Circa 1870.

Silver print. 270mm x 210mm. (10.6 x 8.25ins).

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Front of Bungalow: Peshawar.

This could possibly be the Royal Artillery mess.

Circa 1880/1890.

Albumen print. Mounted on an album leaf and titled in a contemporary hand. 300 x 230mm. (11.75 x 9ins).

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Futtehpore Sikri - marble mausoleum of Sheik Selim Chisti.

The Sheik travelled widely in the Muslim world, living as an ascetic in his old age. The Emperor Akbar, founder of Futtehpore Siki, consulted him about his lack of a male offspring.

Circa 1870.

Albumen print. Mounted on a contemporary album leaf with titling in contemporary ink. Verso another albumen print circa 1870 titled 'Futtehpore Sikri - two of the trellised screens in the Sheik Selim Chisti Tomb'. 235mm x 190mm. (9.25 x 7.5ins).

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Futtehpore Sikri - View of the ruins from the top of the Dewan-i-Kass (Khas).

The city was founded by the emperor Akbar in 1571, becoming capital of his empire. In 1585, Akbar and his court moved away from his creation, never to return.

Circa 1870.

Albumen print. Mounted on a contemporary album leaf with titling in contemporary ink. Verso albumen print Circa 1870 titled ' Jeypore - the Jowrie Bazaar from Sanganger Gate'. 235mm x 190mm. (9.25 x 7.5ins).

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Garden of Bungalow: Peshawar.

Peshawar, capital of North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan, is located on the edge of the Khyber Pass near the border with Afghanistan.

Circa 1880/1890.

Albumen print. Mounted on an album leaf and titled in a contemporary hand. 300 x 230mm. (11.75 x 9ins).

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