This 1876 CE #Painting by the Russian artist Vasily Vasilyevich Vereschagin of the Pearl Mosque (#MotiMasjid) at #RedFort #Delhi #India (built in 1663 CE by the #Mughal ruler #Aurangzeb) was de-accessioned by #Museun of Fine Arts, Boston & sold by Sothebys in 2011 for $3.1 Million
Moon Sighting at the end of #Ramadan
"Hilal-i-Eid bar auj-i-falak huwaida shud".
(The new moon of #Eid has appeared in the sky)
Standing on ramparts of #RedFort #Delhi these words were uttered by the #Mughal ruler #Jahangir to his wife #NurJahan in c1605 AD
#EidUlFitr #EidMubarak to everyone.
This c1800 CE #MughalArt style #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow #Awadh is now at Ashmolean #Museum UK.
What a coincidence!
The River #Yamuna has reclaimed it's original course today.
#photograph by a friend.
Excessive #delhirains wreck havoc with the #River crossing the danger mark, breaching the embankments & flooding the entire area.
Flood water is now at touching the ramparts of #RedFort in North #delhi
This c1815 AD #CompanyPainting from #India now at #Museum of #Islamic #Art at Qatar depicts a hard to recognise #Delhi scene now.
The #RedFort on the right, Salimgarh Fort on left & #River #Yamuna flowing through the connecting bridge.
Crocodiles & #Sepoys (soldiers) of #EastIndiaCompany can be seen too.
And, ships!
Presently surrounded by residential complexes, only the forts & the bridge exists with a road (highway) now passing under the bridge instead of the river!
#IndianHistory #History
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