Qaisar Bagh

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Qaisarbagh Complex of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India (photograph taken between 1865 and 1882).

Qaisarbagh (Hindi: क़ैसरबाग़, Urdu: قيصر باغ, pronounced [qɛːsərˈbaːɣ], Emperor's Garden), also spelled Qaiserbagh, Kaisarbagh or Kaiserbagh, is a complex in the city of Lucknow, located in the Awadh region of India. It was built by Wajid Ali Shah (1847-1856), the last Nawab of Lucknow.[1][2]

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Qaisarbagh, Lucknow, c.1866
British soldiers looting Qaisar Bagh, Lucknow, after its recapture (steel engraving, late 1850s).

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