Légende
AFGHANISTAN, "Mazar-I-Sharif,", "Detail of tilework, Shrine of Hazrat Ali (who was assissinated in 661) This shrine was built here in 1136 on the orders of Seljuk Sultan Sanjar, destroyed by Genghis Khan and rebuilt by Timurid Sultan Husain Baiqara in 1481, since restored. The shrine is famous for its white pigeons, it is said the site is so holy that if a grey pigeon flies here it will turn white within 40 days"
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Jane Sweeney eye ubiquitous / hutchison
Crédit
Photo12/Eye Ubiquitous
Notre référence
UQS10A81_093
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
53,1Mo (3,5Mo) / 29,8cm x 44,7cm / 3518 x 5279 (300dpi)