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The Gur-i-Amir Mausoleum in Samarqand: general view of the mausoleum with its tiled portal and massive ribbed and tiled dome
The Gur-i-Amir Mausoleum in Samarqand (1404). Initially a religious complex appropriated to build a tomb for Timur's grandson Muhammad Sultan, it became the burial place for Timur and his male descendants. It formed a part of a larger religious complex, and a later madrasa abutted on its side. The double-shell dome achieves both an interior harmony and an exterior verticality.
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Photograph
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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 Gur-i-Amir Mausoleum in Samarqand: general view of the mausoleum with its tiled portal and massive ribbed and tiled dome
The Gur-i-Amir Mausoleum in Samarqand (1404). Initially a religious complex appropriated to build a tomb for Timur's grandson Muhammad Sultan, it became the burial place for Timur and his male descendants. It formed a part of a larger religious complex, and a later madrasa abutted on its side. The double-shell dome achieves both an interior harmony and an exterior verticality.
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