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The Minaret of Jam, Afghanistan
The Minaret of Jam, Afghanistan (1163-1203). This cylindrical, heavily-ornamented, 65-meter high brick tower is the most remarkable of a group of little-understood towers/minarets spread all over the medieval Turko-Iranian regions from Iraq to India.
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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 Minaret of Jam, Afghanistan
The Minaret of Jam, Afghanistan (1163-1203). This cylindrical, heavily-ornamented, 65-meter high brick tower is the most remarkable of a group of little-understood towers/minarets spread all over the medieval Turko-Iranian regions from Iraq to India.
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