DELHI FROM THE RIDGE CAMP, 1857

ONE TWO
THREE FOUR

A view from the Illustrirte Zeitung, 14 Nov. 1857; CLICK ON ANY QUARTER OF THE MAP FOR A VERY LARGE SCAN. Note: the ridge camp is to the northwest of the city, so the angle of view is southward.
 

*SECTION ONE WITH RED DOTS* (walled city and southward)
2. Bridge of boats
3. Fort Selim Ghur
4. Royal palace
5. St. James Church
6. Nigambod Gate
7. Magazine [had been blown up]
8. Lahore Gate [of the palace]
10. Customs House
22. Ruins of old Delhi
25. Old fort
26. Insane asylum
27. Jail
28. Redoubt
29. Road to Agra
30. Road toward the Kotub [=Qutb Minar]
40. Arm of the Jumna
42. Jama Masjid
45. The Saadullah Khan [a large chauk or square created by Shah Jahan's vazir]
47. The Residency
52. Bagh Nabab Mir Khan (?)
53. Delhi Gate
54. Wellesley Bastion
55. Turkoman Gate [of the two sites marked with "55," the one further to the right is the correct one]
56. Ochterlony's bastion
57. Nava Gate (?)
58. Duryagunj Gate
59. Bur Khan's house (?)
*SECTION TWO WITH RED DOTS* (walled city and southward)
11. Kashmiri Gate [mislabeled as "Mori Gate" on the map]
12. Shah bastion
13. Jumna canal
14. Mori Gate [mislabeled as "Kashmiri Gate," and located just north of (15), but not numbered on the map]
15. Burn bastion
21. Redoubt
22. Ruins of old Delhi
23. Raja Kibazar (?)
30. Road toward the Kotub [=Qutb Minar]
31. Road to Gorgaon
32. Kikak Gurj (?)
43. Chandni Chok
44. Masjid Futtehpor
46. Sicunder's house [right near (11) on the map, but not numbered]
48. College bastion
49. Ajmir gate
50. Khirki-suraj gate (?)
51. Kali masjid (?) [I can't find this on the map]
*SECTION THREE WITH RED DOTS* (outside the walls, from the Ridge)
1. Jumna River
33. Signal tower
34. Metcalfe house
35. English battery
36. Cantonment and English camp
39. Kudsia Bagh
40. Arm of the Jumna
*SECTION FOUR WITH RED DOTS* (outside the walls, from the Ridge)
13. Jumna canal
16. Mosque
17. Rubbo Sahib [I can't find this number on the map]
18. New Eidgah
19. Old Eidgah
20. Redoubt
36. Cantonment and English camp
37. Najafgarh bridge and water canal
38. Rohitta Khan Serai
41. Ragpur (?)
60. Water canal

Note: I can't always make out the captions and what exactly they refer to. For comparison, and clearer captions, see  *a view of Shahjahanabad from the Ridge area, just before the Rebellion*

Source: Bought on ebay and scanned by FWP, July 2007


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