PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE · 1924–1925
Samarkand — Shah-i Zinda Complex
Exterior view from the northeast showing the structures standing at the northern end of the corridor. The dome on the right belongs to the Tuman Agha mausoleum. In the midground is the Qusam ibn Abbas Mosque and 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
- 1036365
- 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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