Uzbekistan - Samarkand - Sher-Dor Madrasah
The Registan - the heart of the ancient city of Samarkand of the Timurid dynasty, now in Uzbekistan. The Registan was a public square, where people gathered to hear royal proclamations, heralded by blasts on enormous copper pipes called dzharchis - and a place of public executions. It is framed by three madrasahs (Islamic schools) of distinctive Islamic architecture. Pictured here is the Sher-Dor Madrasah
Picture No
11040302
Media ID
46658346
Size
5157px x 4049px
(4.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1910s
