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

#EidMubarak #EidUlFitr #happyeidmubarak #eidulfitr2025

Listening to Ustad Bismillah Khan playing the joyous, pulsing Chaiti, a folk/semi-classical song.

The shehnai, a double reed wind instrument (as is the oboe), is glorious.

This guy, a Moslem, played Raag Kafi at the Red Fort, with Nehru present, on 15 August 1947, India's Independence Day.

#BismillahKhan #India #Multiculturalism #RedFort #Chaiti #S

https://listenbrainz.org/player/?recording_mbids=3b806500-0409-4f78-8ea0-5bc06ba0234d

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.

The Agra Fort, also known as the Red Fort, is a medieval fort in the Indian city of Agra

Calat Alhambra or Alhambra - a fortress complex in Granada, Spain

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