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 59
... described as a very handsome street , after the European fashion , above a mile in length , with bazars striking out at right angles , and a well - built new chowk in the centre , with a lofty gateway at each extremity , which present a ...
... described as a very handsome street , after the European fashion , above a mile in length , with bazars striking out at right angles , and a well - built new chowk in the centre , with a lofty gateway at each extremity , which present a ...
Page 120
... described Mohurram rites in the court of the last two Mughal Emperors . So does Syed Ahmad Dehlawi's ( b . 1946 ) Rusum - i Dehli ( Rituals and Traditions of Delhi — pp . 178–80 ) . The Sunni raja of Nanpara had Shia ulama read to him ...
... described Mohurram rites in the court of the last two Mughal Emperors . So does Syed Ahmad Dehlawi's ( b . 1946 ) Rusum - i Dehli ( Rituals and Traditions of Delhi — pp . 178–80 ) . The Sunni raja of Nanpara had Shia ulama read to him ...
Page 169
... described it : ' The art of telling stories is divided under five headings : " War " , “ Pleasure ” , “ Beauty ” and “ Love ” , and “ Deception ” . The raconteurs of Lucknow have shown such perfection in telling tales under these ...
... described it : ' The art of telling stories is divided under five headings : " War " , “ Pleasure ” , “ Beauty ” and “ Love ” , and “ Deception ” . The raconteurs of Lucknow have shown such perfection in telling tales under these ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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