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 52
... structures and gardens which could be partially seen over its perimeter wall , with its semi - circular bastions ... structure , supposedly at one time the largest vaulted hall in the world , with seven entrance arches in the central ...
... structures and gardens which could be partially seen over its perimeter wall , with its semi - circular bastions ... structure , supposedly at one time the largest vaulted hall in the world , with seven entrance arches in the central ...
Page 61
... structures together . One of the most important religious buildings , the Dargah Hazrat Abbas , was reconstructed ... structure rebuilt in pukka materials , and an Indo - European gateway was erected in front of it . Although architec ...
... structures together . One of the most important religious buildings , the Dargah Hazrat Abbas , was reconstructed ... structure rebuilt in pukka materials , and an Indo - European gateway was erected in front of it . Although architec ...
Page 128
... structures . There can be no doubt that Shia - Sunni estrangement was in some ways related to tangible material factors ... structure of both inter- as well as intra- community relations . The Shia - Sunni schism in Lucknow , notwith ...
... structures . There can be no doubt that Shia - Sunni estrangement was in some ways related to tangible material factors ... structure of both inter- as well as intra- community relations . The Shia - Sunni schism in Lucknow , notwith ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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