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The Shah-i Zinda Complex in Samarqand: Two of the azure colored tiled domes with their high drums decorated with monumental Kufic patterns
The Shah-i Zinda Complex in Samarqand (1360-1434). Named Shah-i Zinda (the Living King) after a cousin of the Prophet who reportedly disappeared in Samarqand, this funerary alley, dotted with exquisite domes built over 70 years for members of Timur's family, present the pinnacle of all the tile techniques known to the Timurids.
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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 Shah-i Zinda Complex in Samarqand: Two of the azure colored tiled domes with their high drums decorated with monumental Kufic patterns
The Shah-i Zinda Complex in Samarqand (1360-1434). Named Shah-i Zinda (the Living King) after a cousin of the Prophet who reportedly disappeared in Samarqand, this funerary alley, dotted with exquisite domes built over 70 years for members of Timur's family, present the pinnacle of all the tile techniques known to the Timurids.
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