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The Bibi-Khanum Mosque in Samarqand: General view of the mosque as it stood in 1995 with the halt of the Soviet large-scale restoration project
The Bibi-Khanum Mosque in Samarqand (1399-1404). Popularly named after Timur's wife, this is the mosque he intended to be the royal monument. Its tall projecting portal, with its flanking minarets was repeated inside in the qibla iwan. The mosque displays Timur's concern for monumental effect and theatrical arrangement.
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Image courtesy of Nasser Rabbat of the Aga Khan Program at MIT.
MIT OpenCourseWare Course of Origin
4.614 Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures, Fall 2002
MIT Course Instructor
Rabbat, Nasser O.
MIT Department
Architecture
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The Bibi-Khanum Mosque in Samarqand: General view of the mosque as it stood in 1995 with the halt of the Soviet large-scale restoration project
The Bibi-Khanum Mosque in Samarqand (1399-1404). Popularly named after Timur's wife, this is the mosque he intended to be the royal monument. Its tall projecting portal, with its flanking minarets was repeated inside in the qibla iwan. The mosque displays Timur's concern for monumental effect and theatrical arrangement.
Format
Photograph
Credit
Image courtesy of Nasser Rabbat of the Aga Khan Program at MIT.
MIT OpenCourseWare Course of Origin
4.614 Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures, Fall 2002
MIT Course Instructor
Rabbat, Nasser O.
MIT Department
Architecture
License
Publisher