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ID: 700002961
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002961
Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1
Safdarjung's Tomb (mausoleum; unknown Abyssinian (architect); ca. 1754; New Delhi (Delhi, Bhārat, Asia, World, Top of the TGN hie...;)
Note: Mausoleum for the ruler Safdarjung, and a very late example of Mughal architecture in India.
Titles:
Safdarjung's Tomb (preferred,C,U,English-P,,)
Tomb of Safdarjung (C,U,English,,)
Tomb of Safdarjung (Sufter Jung) (C,U,English,,)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
mausoleum [300005891] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, funerary structures, funerary buildings, sepulchral buildings)

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 1754

Creator Display:
unknown Abyssinian (architect) [preferred,VP]
architect unknown Abyssinian (Abyssinian cultural designation) [500372691]
Locations:
Current: New Delhi [7001534] Delhi territory (union territory), India (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Address Note: 28.589266°N 77.210506°E
Display Materials: sandstone, marble
sandstone [300011376]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), sedimentary rock, <sedimentary rock by composition>)
marble (rock) [300011443]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock)

Dimensions: unavailable
Cultures:
Indian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Mughal [300018939] (preferred,N/A)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Islamic World| The, Islamic (culture or style), Islamic Indian)

General Subject:
architecture (preferred,isness)
funerary (purpose)

Specific Subjects:
Safdarjung (Persian and Indian ruler, died 1754) [500372688]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures
Sources and Contributors:
Safdarjung's Tomb........ [VP]
........ Archaeological Survey of India [online] (2011-) accessed 29 June 2016
........ Delhi Tourism [online] (2015-) accessed 29 June 2016
Tomb of Safdarjung........ [VP]
........ Getty Museum, Authority file (2003-)
Tomb of Safdarjung (Sufter Jung)........ [JPGM,VP]
........ Getty Museum, Authority file (2003-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
....................... Archaeological Survey of India [online] (2016-)
....................... Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 29 June 2016
....................... Dasgupta, Safdarjung's Tomb, Economic Times (2016) accessed 29 June 2016
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Archaeological Survey of India [online] (2016-) accessed 29 June 2016
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