Decoration on tower and dome of Shir-Dar Madrasa, Samarkand. Uzbekistan, c20th century. Artist: CM Dixon.

Decoration on tower and dome of Shir-Dar Madrasa, Samarkand. Uzbekistan, c20th century. Artist: CM Dixon.

2-668-602 - © CM Dixon/Heritage Images

Decoration on tower and dome of Shir-Dar Madrasa, Samarkand. Uzbekistan, c20th century. The Shir Dar or Sher Dor madrasa was built in the seventeenth century, as a teaching institution and residential school of Islamic sciences. Constructed by a Shaybanid feudal general, Alchin Yalantush Bahadur in erratic stages between 1619 and 1636.


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People Information

Creator
  1. CM Dixon, attributed to: British: Photographer

Medium
  1. Photograph

Geographic Hierarchy

World Asia Uzbekistan Samarqand Samarkand

  1. 39 39 15 N , 066 57 35 E

Category Hierarchy

Locations & Buildings Places of Worship

Religion & Belief Islam

Society & Culture Education

Artistic Representations Cityscapes


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3573x5282
File Size : 55,291kb


Aliases

  1. MARE4 | SU9AC12-DX
  1. 0370005734
  1. 2-668-602
  1. 2668602
  1. 2ADF3

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