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Digital Media Bank ID:	766
Original Filename:	dmas_ha928128_d01.jpg
Description:	Monochrome photographic portrait of Subedar Mir Dast standing on the balcony of the Royal Pavilion. Taken during its use as a Military Hospital, 1915. Mir Dast was a Pathan soldier who was awarded the Victoria Cross by King George V at the Royal Pavilion in August 1915.
Categories:	Timeline/ 1910s, Timeline/ World War One (1914-1918), Collections/ Local & Social History, Learning Themes/ WW1/ Photographs, Collections/ Local & Social History/ Historic Photographs, Learning Themes/ Royal Pavilion/ Indian Military Hospital (1914-1916), People/ Mir Dast

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Show more details:	Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove
Licence:	Public Domain / CC0
Caption:	Subedar Mir Dast on a Royal Pavilion balcony, 1915

Object or Artwork info

Type (of Object or Artwork):	Photographic Print
Title (of Artwork / Object):	Photographic Print
Date Created (of Object / Artwork):	1915
Description (Object or Artwork):	This postcard shows Mir Dast, an Indian soldier who was treated at the Pavilion Indian Military Hospital. He stands on the balcony of the Royal Pavilion, and wears a coat with a mandarin collar, which is open and turned down. He wears a coloured turban with a striped pattern. He carries a cane in his right hand. The Royal Pavilion, Dome and Corn Exchange acted as a military hospital for wounded Indian soldiers from December 1914 until early 1916. A Muslim Pathan, Mir Dast was awarded the Victoria Cross by King George V at the Pavilion in August 1915.
Source (of Object / Artwork):	Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove
Subject tags:	indian , pavilion , photograph , war , WWI , Royal Pavilion Indian Military Hospital
Other Keywords:	hospital, medicine, Indian Corps, Pathan, Pashtunindian hospital

Media:	Image
Size:	10.15 MB; 3840 x 5553 pixels; 325 x 470 mm (print at 300 DPI); 1016 x 1469 mm (screen at 96 DPI);
Orientation:	Portrait

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Linked Accession no.:	HA928128

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