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(a) Wajid Ali Shah’s uncle, the nawab Nasir ud-Din Haidar, had sent two horses, two elephants and a rhinoceros to Willem IV and Queen Adelaide, who had sensibly gifted them to the newly opened London Zoo.
See Malcolm Brown, A complimentary mission from Nawab Nasir-ud-din Haider to King William IV. Asian Affairs 32 (3): 279-286, 2001
(b) reverend William Tennant had visited the menagerie of the fourth nawab, Asaf-ud-daulah, just after the latter’s death in 1797 [in 1799]. After describing its inhabitants, which included a rhinoceros, porcupines, Cabul sheep, serpents, leopards, tigers and flamingoes, …
See Tennant 1803.
(c) At the time when the menagerie of Wajid Ali Shah at Garden Reach in Calcutta was sold after the king’s death in 1887
A few private sales were made before the animal auctions took place. Ram Brahma Sanyal, the king’s old friend and director of the Alipore Zoological Gardens, bought two rhinoceros at 1,000 rupees each and a ginat rat for 60 rupees. By February 1888 everything was gone.
The auction itself was conducted by Milton & Co.
(d) In 1878 at Garden Reach, Calcutta
For the menagerie. One domestic account scrutinised was for the “rhinoceros enclosure, repairs of the Sultan Kothi and articles of dress for his Majesty’s wardrobe, wich totalled 1 ½ lakhs, with no breakdown or explanation.
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The last king in India: Wajid Ali Shah, 1822-1887
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