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Delhi (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 516 Collections and/or Records:

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The snake charmer. Delhi, 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/14/4
Scope and Contents

74 x 53 mm.

Dates: 1931
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The state dining room, 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/15/183
Scope and Contents

136 x 98 mm. The state dining room at the Viceroy's house, New Delhi.

Dates: 1947
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Sumon Burj Queen's Bath, Delhi, 1874 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022J/16
Scope and Contents

265 x 200 mm. No. 1956.

Dates: 1874 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The tomb of Mirza Jehangir, 1860 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022D/13
Scope and Contents

298 x 237 mm. View of the entrance to the mausoleum of Prince Jahangir, son of Akbar Shah. The entrance is formed by a short flight of steps leading up to an elaborately carved arched doorway in marble. To either side are delicately worked pierced marble screens. Jahangir died at Allahabad and was placed in this tomb in 1832. The building forms one of a number of tombs at the shrine of Nizam-ud-din Aulia. Bourne no. 1365.

Dates: 1860 - 1869
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Tomb of Nizam-ud-din, 1908-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 5/733
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. In front is seen the tomb of daughter of Shah Jehan, named Jehanara : to the left of picture is seen the red sandstone mosque.

Dates: 1908-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Tomb of Sharnshuddin, Delhi, 1874 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022J/18
Scope and Contents

205 x 265 mm. No. 1990.

Dates: 1874 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Three dogs], 1935-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/15/78
Scope and Contents

52 x 53 mm. Dogs in a garden, one held by a man. The photograph is part of a set taken in Simla and Delhi, but there is no indication of which image relates to which location.

Dates: 1935-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Three dogs], 1935-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/15/80
Scope and Contents

52 x 53 mm. Three dogs in a garden. The photograph is part of a set taken in Simla and Delhi, but there is no indication of which image relates to which location.

Dates: 1935-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Three dogs], 1935-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/15/81
Scope and Contents

52 x 53 mm. Dogs in a garden. The photograph is part of a set taken in Simla and Delhi, but there is no indication of which image relates to which location.

Dates: 1935-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Three dogs], 1935-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/15/83
Scope and Contents

51 x 45 mm. Dogs in a garden. The photograph is part of a set taken in Simla and Delhi, but there is no indication of which image relates to which location.

Dates: 1935-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Tomb near Delhi, 1902 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022R/124
Scope and Contents From the Series: An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The prints are of two types; large professional photographs, chiefly of Benares, Delhi, and Agra, and smaller amateur prints. presumably by Davies, relating both to these places and to Kashmir - river and mountain scenes. These are chiefly on left hand pages, with professional photographs on the right, and are captioned. Towards the end of the album, after a series of Agra scenes, there is a group of interesting...
Dates: 1902 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Tomb of Nizam-ood-Deen, Delhi, 1860 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022U/14
Scope and Contents

293 x 217 mm. General view of the tomb. No. 1364.

Dates: 1860 - 1869
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Tomb of Nizam-ud-din Aulia, Nizam-ud-din, Delhi. Wrongly captioned] The Chousat Chamber or 64 Pillared Hall near Khursoo, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022L/12
Scope and Contents 232x185mm. View showing the mausoleum of Nizam-ud-din Aulia, one of the principal Muslim saints in India, who died in 1324 A.D. His tomb stands in the centre of a somewhat confusing complex of shrines and temples in the village named after him just south of Delhi (for a plan of the buildings, see H.C. Fanshawe, 'Delhi past and present' (London, 1902), p.236 'The tomb of Nizam-uddin...is about 30 feet square, with five arched openings on each side, supported by 20 marble pillars. A six feet...
Dates: 1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Tomb of Safdar Jang, 1902 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022R/128
Scope and Contents From the Series: An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The prints are of two types; large professional photographs, chiefly of Benares, Delhi, and Agra, and smaller amateur prints. presumably by Davies, relating both to these places and to Kashmir - river and mountain scenes. These are chiefly on left hand pages, with professional photographs on the right, and are captioned. Towards the end of the album, after a series of Agra scenes, there is a group of interesting...
Dates: 1902 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Tomb of Safdar Jang, 1902 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022R/134
Scope and Contents From the Series: An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The prints are of two types; large professional photographs, chiefly of Benares, Delhi, and Agra, and smaller amateur prints. presumably by Davies, relating both to these places and to Kashmir - river and mountain scenes. These are chiefly on left hand pages, with professional photographs on the right, and are captioned. Towards the end of the album, after a series of Agra scenes, there is a group of interesting...
Dates: 1902 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Tomb of Shums-ood-deen Altomsh, builder of the Kutub, 1860 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022D/14
Scope and Contents

299 x 240 mm. View showing the interior of the mausoleum with the carved stone sarcophagus in the foreground. The surrounding walls are entirely covered with carved passages from the Koran. The red sandstone building is situated to the NW of the Kutub mosque. Bourne no. 1379.

Dates: 1860 - 1869
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Tughlaqabad, 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/15/193
Scope and Contents

49 x 51 mm. Four women and one man at Tughlaqabad, Delhi, photographed during the war.

Dates: 1944
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Tughlaqabad - canteen party, 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/15/196
Scope and Contents

80 x 54 mm. Five women seated on a rug in front of a wall.

Dates: 1944
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Tughlaqabad canteen party, 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/15/197
Scope and Contents

81 x 56 mm. Four women, including Lady Tymms, standing by a car, with a signpost to Tughlaqabad on their right.

Dates: 1944
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Unidentified British individuals at the Kutab Minar], 1905-12-12 - 1905-12-16

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 6/122
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains prints varying in size from approximately 50 x 80 mm to 290 x 249 mm. Captions are handwritten by the Prince of Wales. This records the visit to India of the Prince of Wales (later King George V) and Princess Mary. The front cover is embossed with India 1905-6. Locations depicted include Bombay, Indore, Udaipur, Jaipur, Bikaner, Gajner, Lahore, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Delhi, Agra, Gwalior, Lucknow, Calcutta, Burma, Madras, Hyderabad and Mysore. There are prints of the arrival of...
Dates: 1905-12-12 - 1905-12-16
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Unidentified British individuals at the Kutab Minar], 1905-12-12 - 1905-12-16

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 6/123
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains prints varying in size from approximately 50 x 80 mm to 290 x 249 mm. Captions are handwritten by the Prince of Wales. This records the visit to India of the Prince of Wales (later King George V) and Princess Mary. The front cover is embossed with India 1905-6. Locations depicted include Bombay, Indore, Udaipur, Jaipur, Bikaner, Gajner, Lahore, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Delhi, Agra, Gwalior, Lucknow, Calcutta, Burma, Madras, Hyderabad and Mysore. There are prints of the arrival of...
Dates: 1905-12-12 - 1905-12-16
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Unidentified British individuals at the Kutab Minar], 1905-12-12 - 1905-12-16

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 6/124
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains prints varying in size from approximately 50 x 80 mm to 290 x 249 mm. Captions are handwritten by the Prince of Wales. This records the visit to India of the Prince of Wales (later King George V) and Princess Mary. The front cover is embossed with India 1905-6. Locations depicted include Bombay, Indore, Udaipur, Jaipur, Bikaner, Gajner, Lahore, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Delhi, Agra, Gwalior, Lucknow, Calcutta, Burma, Madras, Hyderabad and Mysore. There are prints of the arrival of...
Dates: 1905-12-12 - 1905-12-16
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Unloading luggage, Delhi, 1905-12-12 - 1905-12-16

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 9/73
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains prints, of an approximate size of 80 x 100 mm, mounted on card, six to a page, in a padded black leather album inscribed on the cover India 1905-06 from C.C. and 'Photographs taken by Sir Charles Cust Bt. 1905-06' is written on the fly leaf in Queen Marys hand. Sir Charles Cust took this collection of amateur photographs while accompanying the Royal Party. Most of the photographs have elegant hand-written captiions, but these are not always very explicit - some portraying...
Dates: 1905-12-12 - 1905-12-16
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Viceroy's house, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/93
Scope and Contents

108 x 80 mm. A view of the house in Delhi at night.

Dates: 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Viceroy's house & gardens. New Delhi, 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/15/179
Scope and Contents

140 x 96 mm. A view of the house, with the gardens in the foreground.

Dates: 1947
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).