Title

Decoration on tower and dome of Shir-Dar Madrasa, Samarkand. Uzbekistan, c20th century. Artist: CM Dixon.

Caption

Decoration on tower and dome of Shir-Dar Madrasa, Samarkand. Uzbekistan, c20th century. The Shir Dar or Sher Dor madrasa was built in the seventeenth century, as a teaching institution and residential school of Islamic sciences. Constructed by a Shaybanid feudal general, Alchin Yalantush Bahadur in erratic stages between 1619 and 1636.

Date

1960

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/CM Dixon

Reference

HRM19B84_447

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54,0Mb (2,7Mb) / 11,9in x 17,6in / 3573 x 5282 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior outdoors Asia landmark religious architecture mosque detail tower religion day color colour decorative dome Islam Islamic minaret century facade concept outside building exterior 17th century Uzbekistan 20th century façade Registan Samarkand seventeenth century CM Dixon madrasah TGN photograph madrassa madreseh CM Dixon Dixon CM Mike Dixon Shir-Dar domed photograph