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The Gūr-i Amīr or Guri Amir (Amir Temur maqbarasi), is a mausoleum of the Asian conqueror Timur (also known as Tamerlane) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. It occupies an important place in the history of Persian-Mongolian Architecture as the precursor and model for later great Mughal architecture tombs, including Gardens of Babur in Kabul, Humayun's Tomb in Delhi and the Taj Mahal in Agra, built by Timur's Persianised descendants, the ruling Mughal dynasty of North India. It has been heavily restored.
Gur-e Amir is Persian for "Tomb of the King". This architectural complex with its azure dome contains the tombs of Tamerlane, his sons Shah Rukh and Miran Shah and grandsons Ulugh Beg and Muhammad Sultan. Also honoured with a place in the tomb is Timur's teacher Sayyid Baraka.
The earliest part of the complex was built at the end of the 14th century by the orders of Muhammad Sultan. Now only the foundations of the madrasah and khanaka, the entrance portal and a part of one of four minarets remains.
The construction of the mausoleum itself began in 1403 after the sudden death of Muhammad Sultan, Tamerlane's heir apparent and his beloved grandson, for whom it was intended. Timur had built himself a smaller tomb in Shahrisabz near his Ak-Saray palace. However, when Timur died in 1405 on campaign on his military expedition to China, the passes to Shahrisabz were snowed in, so he was buried here instead. Ulugh Beg, another grandson of Tamerlane, completed the work. During his reign the mausoleum became the family crypt of the Timurid Dynasty.
A romanian ISAF soldier together with afghan orphans children somewhere on Kabul streets during ISAF mission in Afghanistan.
Shops by the Kabul river. Honeywell rangefinder 35mm camera, fixed 38mm lens, Kodak Kodacolor II (I think). Print scan with HP ScanJet 3770.
Honeywell rangefinder 35mm camera, fixed 38mm lens, Kodak Kodacolor II (I think). Print scan with HP ScanJet 3770.
Chinese embassy, Kabul 1974 fiveprime.org/blackmagic
Fruit stand, Kabul, fall of 1974. When I travelled to Afghanistan I had in my mind a photo I had seen in the National Geographic magazine with a shop just like this one. I took "my" photo of "THE NatGeo shop" to find out later that the one depicted in the magazine was across the street. Honeywell rangefinder 35mm camera, fixed 38mm lens, Kodak Kodacolor II (I think), print scanned with HP ScanJet 3770
found a few old pics from the Afghanistan days - not all great but will post them anyway, some may find them interesting.
this is a composite of two shots - no wide angle lens then! the road winding through the Kabul gorge is a feat of engineering.
Streets of Kabul, fall of 1974. One of my personal favorites. Honeywell rangefinder 35mm camera, fixed 38mm lens, Kodak Kodacolor II (I think). Print scan with HP ScanJet 3770.
Dans les rues de tout l'orient on trouve tous les petits métiers accessibles sans rendez-vous. Ici un barbier. J'ai toujours aimé photographier les barbiers de ces villes où ils préféraient travailler en plein air, malgré le bruit et la poussière. Déjà à cette époque ( 1975 ) celui-là rasait plus de crânes que de barbes. Ce qui est le cas sur cette photo. Signe annonciateur d'un futur plus sombre ? L 'avènement des barbus. Ce que je regrette pour cette photo c'est que la couleur n'est pas terrible et le fond ans intérêt mais que voulez-vous, on n'a pas toujours le choix.
Kabul 1974. You could see caravans as they arrived in town. This was in the outskirts of Kabul. The pavement of some of the roads was surprisingly excellent - built by the Soviets or the Germans, I am not sure which. Honeywell rangefinder 35mm camera, fixed 38mm lens, Kodak Kodacolor II (I think). Print scan with HP ScanJet 3770.
Also known as Minar-e Elm wa Jahil monument, near the Kabul Zoo, 1974. The Old Wall in the background. Honeywell rangefinder 35mm camera, fixed 38mm lens, Kodak Kodacolor II (I think). Print scan with HP ScanJet 3770.
E non smette di inghiottire vite la forza del fuoco.
Un circolo che ti trascina via senza più ritorno.
E io ho sempre paura di leggere e di sapere.
Ho paura che quel vortice ti porti via, per sempre.
Noi siamo Esseri di VIta.
Di vita.
A soldier from 21 Signal Regiment take s cover on the corner of a wall, during a patrol in Kabul.
3rd July 2011, saw members of 21 Signals Regiment (Air Support) conduct patrols through area's within Kabul. The soldiers stopped at a school and gave each of the 1500 students a note book, pen and pencil.
Central district in Urumqi. Trash dump that emerged in place of some torn-down buildings. Looks a little bit like Kabul, isn't it?
An Afghan man waits at the edge of a butcher's stall near the Bird Market in downtown Kabul, October 15, 2018.
The dun and the colourful side by side: A woman walks past a tomato stall in Kabul's Murad Khane district, on the banks of the Kabul River. October 17, 2018.
Ariana A310 YR-CAQ prepares to head back to its namesake city from Istanbul.
Aircraft: Ariana Afghan Airlines (FG/AFG) Airbus A310-300 YR-CAQ "Kabul".
Location: Istanbul Ataturk Airport (ISL/LTBA), Turkey.
A Taliban flag flies over the entrance to Camp Souter, the old British Garrison in Kabul, August 25, 2021. The camp, on the southern side of Kabul airport, was named after Thomnas Souter, the only survivor of the Army's last stand at Gandamack on the disastrous retreat from Kabul in 1842.
A Nato transport plane circles over Afghanistan awaiting a landing slot at Kabul International Airport, as part of a massive US-led air lift mnission to rscue tens of thousands of civilians desperate to fle the Taliban.
A view over Camp Qarga and the Afghan National Army Officer Academy in Kabul, Afghanistan at sunrise.
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The oven maker's lane in Kabul, where the bread kilns are baked. A rare bit of old-style architectire that hasn't been destroyed by fighting or bulldozed by developers to make way for shopping malls and glitzy wedding halls. The manufacturers said it took them a couple of days to make a bread oven. Kooche Tandoor Sazeh. Oct 18, 2018.