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What do these three Victorian actresses have in common?
Read more: What do these three Victorian actresses have in common?by Amanda Hodgson What do these three Victorian actresses have in common? They all acted at one time or another […]
The Art of Kharita Dispatching in the Late 19th Century Afghanistan
Kharita dispatching On 2 Ramadan 1316 AH/ 15 January 1899, Amir Abdul Rahman Khan of Afghanistan (r. 1880–1901), sent an official letter, categorised as murāsala, to Lord George Nathaniel Curzon, Viceroy of India (in office, 1898–1911). Eventually, the ceremonially-illuminated letter…