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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... complex to the outskirts of the city , both instigated by the nawabs , who desired less Company interfer- ence in court affairs . By the 1820s the hill was no longer a lonely , wooded spot , but stood surrounded by new palaces and ...
... complex to the outskirts of the city , both instigated by the nawabs , who desired less Company interfer- ence in court affairs . By the 1820s the hill was no longer a lonely , wooded spot , but stood surrounded by new palaces and ...
Page 57
... palace in Lucknow . We can also suggest that the Imambara , with its ... complex , but we can only speculate on the architect . Antoine Polier may ... palace complex , standing in formal gardens , with an auxiliary private mosque , a ...
... palace in Lucknow . We can also suggest that the Imambara , with its ... complex , but we can only speculate on the architect . Antoine Polier may ... palace complex , standing in formal gardens , with an auxiliary private mosque , a ...
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... palace [ the Daulat Khana ] is upwards of five miles , more than one half of ... complex , the Chattar Manzil , which incorporated Martin's old house ... palaces of an architecture that resembles Grecian , but as he never emp- loys an ...
... palace [ the Daulat Khana ] is upwards of five miles , more than one half of ... complex , the Chattar Manzil , which incorporated Martin's old house ... palaces of an architecture that resembles Grecian , but as he never emp- loys an ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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