PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE · 1924–1925
Samarkand — Shah-i Zinda Complex
View down the corridor from the octagonal mausoleum towards the middle chahar taq. On the right is the entrance portal (pishtaq) of the Amir Zadeh mausoleum, followed by the Shad-i Mulk Agha mausoleum 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
- 1036358
- 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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