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The Pearl Mosque, Agra Fort 1905
RCIN 2302452

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The Pearl Mosque, Agra Fort 1905

Unknown Person
Visit to Agra, 16 December 1905 1905


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Photograph of the Pearl Mosque in Arga Fort, properly known as Moti Masjid, a marble-faced building, divided by an arcade, topped by lotus domes and smaller kiosks along the parapet. There is a man standing inside one of the arcades. The Prince and Princess of Wales, later King George V and Queen Mary visited a number of famous buildings including the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort on 16-18th December 1905. A member of the royal entourage, Sir Bryan Godfrey-Faussett wrote of his visit to the mosque, in his memoirs.
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From an album of photographs collated and arranged by Queen Mary (1867-1953)
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