Lucknow: Memories of a CityViolette Graff Oxford University Press, 1999 - 299 pages This collection of pieces looks at 150 years of Lucknow's recent history, from its rise to grandeur during the Nawabi days to its political preeminent position today. |
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Page 19
... collection process usually consisted of a recurrent conflict between the landholder and the collection agent of the provincial administration . The quantity of revenue extracted , the degree of local control exercised by each , and the ...
... collection process usually consisted of a recurrent conflict between the landholder and the collection agent of the provincial administration . The quantity of revenue extracted , the degree of local control exercised by each , and the ...
Page 72
... collection of Persian manuscripts , donat- ing most of them to the Bibliothèque Royale ( a number of these passed into the private collection of Louis XVI , while some are bound with Napoléon's arms on the cover ) . According to ...
... collection of Persian manuscripts , donat- ing most of them to the Bibliothèque Royale ( a number of these passed into the private collection of Louis XVI , while some are bound with Napoléon's arms on the cover ) . According to ...
Page 79
... collected Indian mini- atures : his residence of Farid Bukhsh , for example , contained an extra- ordinarily rich collection of ' Hindustani ' and Bhutanese , Chinese and European paintings . Unlike the Gentil and Polier collection , we ...
... collected Indian mini- atures : his residence of Farid Bukhsh , for example , contained an extra- ordinarily rich collection of ' Hindustani ' and Bhutanese , Chinese and European paintings . Unlike the Gentil and Polier collection , we ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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