The shimmering clothes of nawabi Lucknow required the labour of many skilled artisans

A craftsman in the 18 th c is pounding a strip of gold into a thin tape to be would around silk to thread.

British library

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Here is illustration of Indian Mutiny depicted in Family Magazine, 1862, ‘meeting of Nawab of Rampur in the night journey toward the hills’ (1857-1858, Indian Mutiny). Nawab Yusuf Ali Khan helped British release from Bareilly & Moradabad by passage to Nainital.

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Commemorative Print presented to Nawab Salar Jung prob for participation or support to the Colonial & Indian Exhibition London 1886. Queen seated on lion handled chair with other women representing colonies. pic

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The Tiger Hunt. Nawab Asaf ud-Daula with European guests. Lucknow, 1810. Simon Ray.

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nawabなのかnaibなのか

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Prince Azim-ud-Daula, Nawab of the & his son Azam Jah by Thomas Hickey, 1803. The Nawab standing with his sword in his right hand & his son standing to his left, holding the edge of his father's robe with his right hand. pic courtesy National Trust

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Escape of Siraj ud-Daulah
from Plassey', 1757 Source Alamy. Betrayed by Mir Jafar, then commander of Nawab's army, Siraj lost the Battle of Plassey on 23 June 1757. East India Company under Robert Clive invaded and the administration of Bengal fell into the hands of the Company.

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(Two views, close-up)
Iskandar (Sikandar) meets the Archangel Israfil while Khizr prays at the Water of Life
Folio from a copy of Firdausi's Shahnama (completed 8 March 1010),
made for
Nawab Sa'adat 'Ali Khan (r. 1798-1814) of Awadh

c.1797-99
https://t.co/8G9LdcTalo

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cawaii nawabu-kun

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in 1757, the Battle of Plassey began in resulting in a victory of troops over the then Nawab, Siraj-ud-Daulah. The used much of the state’s trade revenue to strengthen their military power before gradually colonising the subcontinent.

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great nawab Caterpillar

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Muhammad Ali Khan, Nawab of the Carnatic, going for a stroll with Major-General Stringer Lawrence. B&W engraving of a painting displayed in the Banqueting Hall, Madras in the 19th C. The artist copied the 2 men from earlier portraits such as F12

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Mir Miran, here with his father Mir Jafar, Nawab of Bengal (r. 1757-60 & 1763-65), was struck dead by lightning as he lay in his tent, 3 July 1760
https://t.co/KZ7YGSMpRp
This took place almost exactly 3 years after Mir Miran had ordered the killing of Siraj-ud-Daula

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Sujah dowlah,vizir of the Mughal empire,nawab of Oude and his ten sons. London R. Ackermann 1820

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