A Fatal Friendship: The Nawabs, the British, and the City of LucknowOxford University Press, 1985 - 284 pages The city of Lucknow, once described as "the last example of the old pomp and refinement of Hindustan", still remains one of the most interesting cities of north India. This lively urban history presents a panorama of the political, cultural, and architectural life of Lucknow during its heyday: from the ascendancy of the first nawab in the early 18th century to the deposition of the last nawab in 1856. Focusing on the architecture itself and the particular psychologies that lay behind the building facades, the author draws some intriguing conclusions about nawabi Lucknow and the colonial mind in its relation to Indian urban life. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 27
Page 226
... CRITICISM No one who has read this far will have failed to notice the pe- jorative tone of much European writing on Lucknow . The city seemed to engage some deep vein of prejudice and sar- casm in its visitors unmatched elsewhere in ...
... CRITICISM No one who has read this far will have failed to notice the pe- jorative tone of much European writing on Lucknow . The city seemed to engage some deep vein of prejudice and sar- casm in its visitors unmatched elsewhere in ...
Page 227
... Criticism by Europeans can be divided into three main cate- gories . There are general comments about the filthiness of the city , later channelled into a growing British awareness that cleanliness was not only aesthetically more ...
... Criticism by Europeans can be divided into three main cate- gories . There are general comments about the filthiness of the city , later channelled into a growing British awareness that cleanliness was not only aesthetically more ...
Page 233
... criticism of the nawabs ' ex- travagance is an apposite exchange which took place in 1807 when Major Ousely , one time aide - de - camp to Saadat Ali Khan , was being questioned at Westminster on building in Lucknow : ' State what ...
... criticism of the nawabs ' ex- travagance is an apposite exchange which took place in 1807 when Major Ousely , one time aide - de - camp to Saadat Ali Khan , was being questioned at Westminster on building in Lucknow : ' State what ...
Contents
The Three Cities of Lucknow | 1 |
The Europeans of Lucknow | 17 |
European Dreams and Indian Fantasies | 41 |
Copyright | |
10 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Agha Antoine Polier appear arches architect architecture Asaf-ud-daula Asafi Kothi Bagh Barahdari Barowen Bengal Pol brick British Resident builders built bungalows Calcutta Cantonment Captain Cawnpore Chattar Manzil Chauk Claude Martin's Constantia court courtyard Daulat Khana decoration Delhi demolished Dilkusha domes engineers English erected Euro European buildings Europeans in Lucknow Faizabad Farhad Baksh floor Foreign Pol ganj gardens gateway Ghazi-ud-din Haider Gomti Governor Hakim Mehndi Hazratganj Hereafter Hindu Husainabad Ibid idea Imambara India Pol Iron Bridge kerbala Khan's later lived London Macchi Bhavan marble Medallions ment Modave Mookherji mosques Mughal Muslim Nasir-ud-din Haider native nawab nawabi buildings nawabi period number given Observatory officers Oude Oudh Ozias Humphry palace complex pavilions pean plans Polier Qaisarbagh Residency complex river road roof rooms Saadat Ali Khan Saadat Khan Shi'a Shuja-ud-daula storey streets stucco style Superintendent tion tomb towers town troops Valentia Wajid Ali Shah walls wrote zenana