james.van-daalen wrote:perhaps memory fails, but seems this was Shariat's perhaps prior to Indian?
Yes it was! It was Shariat's for many years. However, Shariat was the second (?) occupant. It was purpose-built for the original Maharajah, but Shariat's was the successor, and longest-lived occupant. Since then it's housed a number of short-lived places, some of them - particularly Red Pepper - worthy of lasting, but it doesn't seem to have been possible for the successors to make their numbers work.