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im alive,,,, just barely,, WHUIAWADHAJKD
just some comm wips!!

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2023-02-17

celebrations being led by the Nawabs of Awadh in Lucknow circa 1814. Like court, Diwali and other Hindu festivals were also celebrated by Muslim nawabs and their courtiers across the country.

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2022-10-23

A birthday & it happens to be mine!
Yes, I turn 60 today.
Bouquets begin to arrive, as this 'Imaginary Carnation' 1669 AD painting from sold by ($200,000).
Previously belonged to the Maharaja of & Shuja al-Daula, Nawab of

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2022-06-24

Nautch girls preparing to dance, with musicians playing, at an event given by Maun Singh in March 1859. By E.S. Lundgren from

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2022-04-04

An unusual pair of c1720 Provincial paintings from or on sale on 31st March for £20,000-30,000.
'Interaction with a Demon'. First is a Nocturnal Scene & in the second, the Demon is confronted by a group of Nobles.
I fail to locate this story.

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2022-03-31

Gorgeous night time scene of ladies visiting a mixed gathering of holy men including a hindu ascetic and a Sufi sheikh. Note the four alams
Bodleian library, Douce collection, mid 18th c Awadh

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2021-10-27

🌺The Hanuman Chalisa🌺

The most powerful poems dedicated to Lord

Penned in "Awadhi" by Sant "Tulsidas", a 16-century poet,

The Chalisa is a compilation of forty poems or Chalis chaupayis meaning "forty quatrain" verses!

Jai Shree Ram🙏

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2021-10-23

WHAWAWAHAWADH ?!?&!!_ THANK YOU GIN !!!!!!!

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2021-10-15

A painting showing all 10 nawabs of Awadh. Nawab Sadat Khan burhan ul mulk(white beard), Nawab Safdarjung(black beard opposite to Sadat khan), Nawab Shuja and Asaf ud Daula(adjacent to Safdarjung) and Nawab Wajid Ali Shah(extreme right 2nd row) are quite recognizable.

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2021-07-26

Like Jagat Seths financing against Nauhria Mahajan Moneylenders of South India working in were financing against
Probably by Saini of this c1850 is now at

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2020-12-18

Stunning example of one of the very best calligraphy produced at Akbar’s court in this 1583 copy of Saadi’s Gulistan, produced at Fatehpur by Zarrin Qalam

Now at the RAS, via Neil Edmonstone, once Resident at Awadh in the 18th c

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2020-11-01

[SAWADHEE KHRAP, DORA NA KHRAP]

Dora Teenage Fanart muna tayo.





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2020-07-15

Sohni swims across the river to her beloved Mahiwal who sits with his pipe while his herd grazes. Love story from brought alive by artist in 18th cen. from

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2020-05-05


'Ladies Visiting Holy Men at a Shrine at Night'.
c1760 ad by artist of
C'est la actually. Yet another magnificent painting from collection.

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2020-03-13

anything common?
Gazi-Al-din Hayder
Moostafar ali khan, Oudh(awadh) royal 1850s?
crown seems closely related?
Painting did document lot of things of yore?

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2020-02-03

The Oldest Monuments of Lucknow ..the Nadan Mahal tomb complex (16th century) where Sheikh Abdur Rahim and his descendants are buried

The Sheikh was the first governor of Awadh during the reign of Akbar

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2020-01-21

1904 : 'United We Stand Divided We Fall'
The Awadh Punch (or Oudh Punch) was an Urdu satirical weekly published from Lucknow, (1877-1936)
Founder & Editor : Sajjad Husain
Pandit Ratan Nath Sarshar & Akbar Allahabadi were notable contributors.
Courtesy

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2019-12-22

Subah Arabic/Persian :صوبہ) the Urdu word for "Province" was administrative unit during Mughal rule

The original twelve subahs created as a result of administrative reform by Akbar:

Agra
Ajmer
Awadh
Bengal
Bihar
Delhi
Gujarat
Kabul
Illahabad
Lahore
Malwa
Multan

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2019-11-22

(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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2019-07-24

The bank of the Ganges below Kara (Near Allahabad ,U.P.).
8 September 1803

Artist: Salt, Henry (1780-1827)
Medium: Pen and ink on paper
was major seat of governance in North India ,before Awadh and Allahabad cities developed.
Source : https://t.co/yORuQKVmYx

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2019-03-18