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AVADH
and the Navabs in the 1800's |
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(*The
story begins in the 1700's...*) |
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*MAP*
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"Oude," in the northern half of
Section
7; and here are some *Lucknow
city maps* |
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After the brief, contested reign
of Vazir
'Ali (r.1797-98) came a second Saadat 'Ali (r.1798-1814); he built the
Khurshid Manzil and much else |
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Saadat 'Ali also built the
Dilkusha Palace,
outside the city, for which he chose a British architect |
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Then Ghazi ud-Din Haidar
(r.1814-27) claimed (with British encouragement) independence
from the Mughal Emperor; he built the "Chattar Manzil" palace
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The Shah Najaf imambara, where
Ghazi ud-Din
Haidar was buried |
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Nasir ud-Din Haidar (r.1827-37),
Ghazi ud-Din's
successor, also entertained British dinner guests |
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Farhat Bakhsh, the official royal
residence
during this period, had originally been built by Claude Martin, then
was
bought and augmented by the Navabs |
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The Husainabad Imambara, built by
the next
Navab, Muhammad 'Ali Shah (r.1837-42), |
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The famous gate of the whole
Husainabad
Imambara complex |
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The old *Residency*
grounds also contained a beautiful Imambara |
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After Amjad Ali Shah (r.1842-47)
came Vajid
'Ali Shah (r.1847-56), the last Navab of Avadh: for a British view
of his colorful court
see *The
Private Life of an Eastern King*
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Vajid 'Ali Shah built the huge and
elaborate
Qaisarbagh Palace, which became a major British objective in the course
of retaking Lucknow in 1857 |
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He also built the the Sikandar
Bagh palace
and garden, scene of extremely bloody fighting in 1857 |
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During the Rebellion of 1857,
Prince Birjis
Qadar briefly claimed the throne, and minted coins with the traditional
fish symbol |
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Muharram processions in Lucknow,
1998 |
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