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ID: 700002950
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002950
Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1
Great Imāmbāṛā (imambara; Asaf-ud-Daula (Indian vassal, reigned 1775-1797); 1784; Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh, Bhārat, Asia, World, Top of the T...;)
Note: Containing one of the largest vaulted halls in the world, the great Imabara was built by Asaf-ud-Daula in 1874 with a technique known as kara dena in which bricks are broken, interwoven, and then covered with concrete. it was approached by an exstravagant gate, now in ruins.
Titles:
Great Imāmbāṛā (preferred,C,U,English,,N)
Great Imambara (C,U,English,,)
Bara Imambara (C,U,undetermined,,)
Asaf-ud-Daula's Imambara (C,U,undetermined,,)
The Great Imambara (Lucknow, 1784) (C,U,undetermined,,)
Catalog Level: complex
Work Types:
imambara [300404782] (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, religious structures, religious buildings)

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1784

Creator Display:
Asaf-ud-Daula (Indian vassal, reigned 1775-1797) [preferred,VP]
builder Asafuddaula, Nawab Wazir of Oudh (Indian vassal, died 1797) [500372516]
Locations:
Current: Lucknow [7001561] Uttar Pradesh (state), India (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: brick and concrete
brick (clay material) [300010463]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>)
concrete [300010737]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

Dimensions: main hall: 50m x 15m
Cultures:
Indian (preferred)

General Subject:
architecture (preferred,isness)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures
Sources and Contributors:
Great Imāmbāṛā........ [VP]
........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Lucknow," accessed 10 May 2016
Great Imambara........ [VP]
........ Abram, The Rough Guide to India (2013)
Bara Imambara........ [VP]
........ Abram, The Rough Guide to India (2013)
Asaf-ud-Daula's Imambara........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
The Great Imambara (Lucknow, 1784)........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
....................... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Lucknow," accessed 10 May 2016
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Abram, The Rough Guide to India (2013)
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