PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE · 1933–1934
Mazar-i Sharif — Rawza-i Sharif
Exterior detail; glazed tile ornament on the drum of a fifteenth century shrine (since demolished) to the southeast of the main shrine. Circa 1933–1934, based on the collection’s expedition context. An approximate settlement centre is shown for Mazar-i Sharif; the marker is not the camera position. Photograph: Robert Byron. Source: Conway Library, Courtauld Institute of Art; Fine Arts Library, Harvard College Library.
- Subject
- Architecture and City Views
- Region
- Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan
- Image type
- Photograph
- Date
- 1933–1934
- Record number
- 1037031
- Coordinates
- 36.709037, 67.111408
- Record type
- Photograph
- Location evidence
- An approximate settlement centre is shown for Mazar-i Sharif; the marker is not the camera position.
- Date note
- Circa 1933–1934 is the expedition interval supplied by the collection context, not a confirmed exposure date for this image. Construction and restoration years were not used as photographic dates.
- Collection
- World Archive ↗
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