Genre: Group portraits and black-and-white photographs / Resource Type: still image / Location: Miraj (Sangli, Maharashtra, India) - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Group portrait of two of the Vilayat Hussain Brothers with completed taṃbūrās, seated with family members. The location is the shop of Abdul Karim Ismail Saheb.
Date:: December 19, 1963
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts

Description:: Abdul Karim Ismail Saheb at his home and music shop. Abdul Karim smiles with his sons, grandsons, workers, and others, including children. With them are Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy (middle row, dark shirt), Yacoob Rajabally (also known as Yacoob Qawwal and Yacoob Premragi) (top row, dark shirt) and Felix van Lamsweerde (bottom row, center-left). The portrait of a bearded man wearing a turban and medals on wall is possibly his grandfather.
Date:: December 19, 1963
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts

Description:: Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy (center) holds a child in front of the loaded Volkswagen van, next to Yacoob Rajabally (also known as Yacoob Qawwal and Yacoob Premragi) (smoking), with Abdul Karim Ismail Saheb (left), Felix van Lamsweerde (right), and others.
Date:: December 19, 1963
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts

Description:: Full view of the two-story home and music shop of Abdul Karim Ismail Saheb. Abdul Karim, his sons, grandsons, and workers stand in front. A sign reads “Music Dukan” (?). Felix van Lamsweerde walks toward the building. Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy's Volkswagen van is parked to the right.
Date:: December 19, 1963
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts

Description:: Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy stands with Abdul Karim Ismail Saheb at his home and music shop. Abdul Karim smiles with his sons, grandsons, granddaughters, and workers. A portrait of a bearded man wearing a turban and medals on the wall is possibly his grandfather.
Date:: December 19, 1963
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts

Description:: View of the storefront of the open workshop with brothers and sons in doorway. The signboard, written in Hindi, reads: “Vilayat Hussain Brothers. Musical Instruments. Manufacturers. Dealers” (the rest is too small to read) and has paintings of a harmonium, taṃbūrā, flute, tablā (left), and a sitar, violin, and bulbultarang (right). A young girl (left) and a woman in a sari (right) walk by.
Date:: December 19, 1963
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts

Description:: The family of Abdul Karim Ismail Saheb at their home and music shop. Abdul Karim smiles with his sons, grandsons, and workers. A portrait of a bearded man wearing turban and medals on the wall is possibly his grandfather.
Date:: December 19, 1963
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts

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