Samarkand Collection (page 2)

Shir Dor Madrasa. UZBEKISTAN. Samarkand. Registan Square. Islamic art. Architecture

Antiquities of Samarkand. Tomb of Saint Kassim ibn Abass (Shakh Zinde) and adjacent mausoleums. Section of column on the exterior of the facade of Kutuluk Turdi Bek Akas mausoleum

Antiquities of Samarkand. Madrasa of Bibi Khanum. Congregational Mosque (Friday Mosque). Samples of tiles used to decorate exterior walls. Date between 1868 and 1872

Samarkand - Uzbekistan - Melon Sellers
Samarkand - Uzbekistan - Watermelon Sellers before the Mosque. The building back left is one of the three madrasahs of the Registan, the heart of the ancient city. Date: circa 1910s

TIMUR (1336 - 1405)
TIMUR LENK, TAMERLANE Built an empire which included most of Asia in the 14th century. Made Samarkand into a centre of culture. Date: 1336 - 1405

Samarkand - Uzbekistan
Ruins of a mosque at Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan / Samarkand
(or Samarquand) Mosque of Chir-Dar

Samarkand Demonstration
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION - Samarkand demonstration

Bibi-Kaneh Ruins
The ruins of Bibi-Kaneh, near Samarkand

Inn, Uzbekistan
A guest-house in Samarkand

Timur on his Throne
TIMUR LENK (also known as Tamerlane etc) Mongol conqueror from Samarkand, depicted on his throne. He was ruthless but cultivated art and architecture. Date: 1336 - 1405

Paper at Turkestan
Ppaper of the kind we know today is thought to have been invented in Turkestan in the 6th century : here it is being sold at Samarkand in present- day Uzbekistan

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