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Sita Ram: The courtyard of Ghazi al-Din Khan's Madrassah at Delhi looking west towards the mosque
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The courtyard of Ghazi al-Din Khan's Madrassah at Delhi looking west towards the mosque |
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English: The courtyard of Ghazi al-Din Khan's Madrassah [and tomb] at Delhi [near Ajmeri Gate] looking west towards the mosque; a watercolour by Seeta Ram, 1814-15
Watercolour of Ghazi al-Din Khan's Madrasa from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Delhi to Tughlikabad Vol. VII' produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess of Hastings, by Sita Ram between 1814-15. Marquess of Hastings, the Governor-General of Bengal and the Commander-in-Chief (r.1813-23), was accompanied by artist Sita Ram (flourished c.1810-22) to illustrate his journey from Calcutta to Delhi between 1814-15. Idealised view of the courtyard of Ghazi al-Din Khan's Madrassa at Delhi looking west towards the mosque, with the southern range of the apartments on the left. A fountain in the foreground. Ghazi-uddin Khan, who was given the title of Firoz Jang, was an important noble during the reign of Aurangzeb (r.1658-1707) and his successor Shah Alam (r.1707-12). Ghazi uddin's son was Nizam-ul-Mulk, the founder of the Nizam dynasty at Hyderabad. The Madrassa was founded by Ghazi-uddin and is still used as an educational institution now known as the Anglo-Arabic college. The double-storeyed building is constructed around a large courtyard and was entered through an imposing red sandstone gateway. Inscribed below: 'Shah Jehan's Musgid and Dewan Khanah to the left.' |
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| Depicted place | Delhi | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1815 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | watercolor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 36.8 cm (14.4 in); width: 54 cm (21.2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Add.Or.4819 |
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| Credit line | British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections | |||||||||||||||||||
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https://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/addorimss/t/019addor0004819u00000000.html http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1600_1699/shahjahanabad/ghaziuddin/ghaziuddin.html |
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