Gate of a Mosque built by Hafiz Ramut, Pillibeat (Abbey 420 no.86; Archer III, pl.10)

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Gate of a Mosque built by Hafiz Ramut, Pillibeat (Abbey 420 no.86; Archer III, pl.10)

hand-coloured aquatint, April 1802, thick paper. light soiling
P.480 x 650mm.

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17 May 1789: "The Mosque to which this gate belongs is a handsome edifice...much in the style of the modern buildings of the same class at Delhi". The builder of the mosque, Hafiz Rahmat Khan had been killed in 1774 after reneging on a pact with the Nawab of Oudh

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