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A smiling man with a black turban topped by a small silver crescent sits on an ornate gold throne with leopard-print cushions, wearing a rust-red shawl over his bare shoulders and a red tilak on his forehead. Gold lion statues flank the throne, and a gold ceremonial table with a silver tray stands in front, with a striped multicoloured cloth beneath. The background is elaborately carved gold panels with scrollwork and animal relief. Watermarked archive credit text appears in the lower right corner of the photo, which is omitted from the text field. A candidate matching the appearance cues of a turban, crescent and saffron-toned shawl is present on the throne, but his identity is uncertain from appearance alone, so the description uses only his role as a seated figure.