Autumn of the Nawab

Nawab of Dehta and Dhaurera Jafar Mir Abdullah at his ancestral residence, the Sheesh Mahal Husainabad, in Lucknow. Construction of the palace started in 1779 under the fourth nawab of Awadh, Asaf-ud Daula. Abdullah, 64, who lives on the premises—an estate that sprawls over 24 acres—with his extended family, has tried to maintain the regalia and customs of an era long goneNawab of Dehta and Dhaurera Jafar Mir Abdullah at his ancestral residence, the Sheesh Mahal Husainabad, in Lucknow. Construction of the palace started in 1779 under the fourth nawab of Awadh, Asaf-ud Daula. Abdullah, 64, who lives on the premises—an estate that sprawls over 24 acres—with his extended family, has tried to maintain the regalia and customs of an era long gone