PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE · 1924–1925
Samarkand — Bibi Khanum Mosque
View from the southeast, with the entrance portal in the foreground, and the arch of the sanctuary portal in the distance. The area in front of the mosque was a bazaar at the time the photograph was taken An approximate settlement centre is shown for Samarkand; the marker is not the camera position. Photograph: Ernst Cohn-Wiener. Source: British Museum.
- Subject
- Architecture and City Views
- Region
- Samarkand, Uzbekistan
- Image type
- Photograph
- Date
- 1924–1925
- Record number
- 1035994
- Coordinates
- 39.654560, 66.964450
- Record type
- Photograph
- Location evidence
- An approximate settlement centre is shown for Samarkand; the marker is not the camera position.
- Date note
- The source photograph record gives the date range 1924–1925; this is not the construction date.
- Collection
- World Archive ↗
- High resolution
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