Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Bahadur Shah II

Bahadur Shah II edit

Original - The last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar II in 1858, just after his show trial in Delhi, India and before his departure for exile in Rangoon, Burma. This is possibly the only photograph ever taken of the Mughal emperor

Reason: This is possibly the only photograph ever taken of any Mughal emperor, also indeed of the emperor himself. Thus has hign encyclopedic value.
Articles this image appears in: Bahadur Shah II, Timurid dynasty, Indian Rebellion of 1857
Creator: Ragib from commons (uploader)

Support as nominator --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 11:20, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Absolutely rare and Valuable. Sniperz 11_@^CS 12:28, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support- Extremely rare photograph-Ravichandar _{My coffee shop} 13:22, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Taken by Robert Tytler and Charles Shepard, May 1858, and currently on display at the British Library exhibition - 'India: Pioneering Photographers 1850-1900.' Details --Ekabhishek (talk) 13:23, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Didn't think a photo of a Mughal Emperor would exist! -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 16:49, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Oppose and Speedy Close does not meet size requirements by a long shot. All supports from Indian users? --Muhammad(talk) 16:54, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Sorry, I opened the FPC page and VPC page simultaneously and thought I was commenting on the FPC page. Muhammad(talk) 16:58, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Support Exceptional encyclopaedic value. Elucidate ^{(light up)} 17:17, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Support Amazing! I searched google images for a photo of this guy and all I saw was paintings or replicas of this image! Zoo Fari 21:06, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Rather low res and quality, but this is the type of historical pic that wouldn't pass at FPC that VPC has been designed to recognise (probably wouldn't be accepted in a contemporary photo for VPC either). --jjron (talk) 08:58, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support rarity basis alone. Omnibus (talk) 18:36, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Bahadur Shah Zafar.jpg --Intothewoods29 (talk) 23:38, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]