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Title
Elegant House, Sialkot, Pakistan, ca.1900
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
For commercial reproduction please contact the National Library of Scotland by referring to http://www.nls.uk/copyright . For access to the originals please e-mail manuscripts@nls.uk
National Library of Scotland
National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW, Scotland, UK
The National Library of Scotland license the use of this content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 UK: Scotland License.
manuscripts@nls.uk
Description
Exterior view of a large ornate domestic residence. Several individuals stand on the roof balcony. ❧ Sialkot became a frontier military station, having been annexed by the British in 1849. Situated on the fertile plains at the base of the Himalayan range by the Chenab River the city has a long history of occupation. When the Church of Scotland chose it as the base for their missionary work in the Punjab in 1857, they sent Thomas Hunter (1827-1857) who was murdered with his family during the Indian Mutiny that same year. His successors, John Taylor (1837-1868) and Robert Paterson, would not arrive in Sialkot until 1860 and rapidly expand the field. The mission would open orphanages, girl’s schools, women’s hospitals and do zenana work in Sialkot and throughout the Punjab. Murray College is perhaps the most important remnant of the Scottish Missions in the city.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 15 x 9.8 cm.
Identifier
impa-a-nls-75647181-1.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-78865
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-nls-75647181-1.jpg
Subject
Architecture (discipline)
Buildings (structures)
Dwellings
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
Asia
Pakistan
Punjab
Siālkot
Source
Acc.7548/F/8 [Reference number]
NLS DOD ID: 75647179 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from Scottish Missions, the National Library of Scotland
Photographs from the Punjab Mission field, ca.1900
image/tiff

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