Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Bahadur Shah II
- Reason
- This is possibly the only photograph ever taken of any Mughal emperor, also indeed of the emperor himself. Thus has hign encyclopedic value.
- Articles this image appears in
- Bahadur Shah II, Timurid dynasty, Indian Rebellion of 1857
- Creator
- Ragib from commons (uploader)
- Support as nominator --Redtigerxyz Talk 11:20, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
- Support - Absolutely rare and Valuable. Sniperz11@CS 12:28, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
- Strong support- Extremely rare photograph-RavichandarMy coffee shop 13:22, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
- Support. Taken by Robert Tytler and Charles Shepard, May 1858, and currently on display at the British Library exhibition - 'India: Pioneering Photographers 1850-1900.' Details --Ekabhishek (talk) 13:23, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
- Support. Didn't think a photo of a Mughal Emperor would exist! -- Sundar \talk \contribs 16:49, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
Strong Oppose and Speedy Close does not meet size requirements by a long shot.All supports from Indian users? --Muhammad(talk) 16:54, 18 January 2009 (UTC)- Sorry, I opened the FPC page and VPC page simultaneously and thought I was commenting on the FPC page. Muhammad(talk) 16:58, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
- Strong Support Exceptional encyclopaedic value. Elucidate (light up) 17:17, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
- Strong Support Amazing! I searched google images for a photo of this guy and all I saw was paintings or replicas of this image! ZooFari 21:06, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
- Support. Rather low res and quality, but this is the type of historical pic that wouldn't pass at FPC that VPC has been designed to recognise (probably wouldn't be accepted in a contemporary photo for VPC either). --jjron (talk) 08:58, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
- Support rarity basis alone. Omnibus (talk) 18:36, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
Promoted Image:Bahadur Shah Zafar.jpg --Intothewoods29 (talk) 23:38, 25 January 2009 (UTC)