Brend, Barbara. "Architecture and Tilework." In "The Last Eastern Invaders: The Mongol and Timurid Empires." In Islamic Art, 125-132. London: British Museum Press, 1991.
In addition to architectural works in Iran, this section covers, with text and images, the Shah-i-Zinda complex, the Bibi Khanum Mosque, the Gur-i Amir complex, and Ulug Beg Madrasa in Samarqand, Uzbekistan. Descriptors: 1990s, architecture, B, chapter, photography, pre-Tsarist, Samarqand, section, Uzbekistan
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Chuvin, Pierre and Gérard Degeorge. Samarkand, Bukara, Khiva. Paris: Flammarion, 2001.
This is an amazing coffee table book (photos & text) of Islamic architecture in Samarqand, Bukhara, and Khiva.
Sections: Foreward; Samarkand and Shahr-e Sabz; Bukhara; The Khwarazm and its Capitals: Old Urgench and Khiva; Appendices. Descriptors: 2000s, architecture, Bukhara, C, coffee table, D, Khiva, photography, Samarqand, Uzbekistan.
This is an amazing coffee table book (photos & text) of Islamic architecture in Samarqand, Bukhara, and Khiva.
Sections: Foreward; Samarkand and Shahr-e Sabz; Bukhara; The Khwarazm and its Capitals: Old Urgench and Khiva; Appendices. Descriptors: 2000s, architecture, Bukhara, C, coffee table, D, Khiva, photography, Samarqand, Uzbekistan.
"Architecture." In Central Asian Art, 25-59. London: Greenwich Edition, 2003.
In addition to many architectural photos, this chapter in this nice coffee table book has easy to read text describing Islamic architecture in Central Asia. As with most works on architecture in the region, Samarqand, Bukhara, and Khiva in Uzbekistan are most represented.
Sections: Triumph of Islam; The Art of Decoration; Predominance of Religious Art; The Golden Age of the Builders; Tradition and Modernity. Descriptors: 2000s, A, architecture, Bukhara, chapter, coffee table, Khiva, photography, pre-Tsarist, Samarqand, Uzbekistan.
In addition to many architectural photos, this chapter in this nice coffee table book has easy to read text describing Islamic architecture in Central Asia. As with most works on architecture in the region, Samarqand, Bukhara, and Khiva in Uzbekistan are most represented.
Sections: Triumph of Islam; The Art of Decoration; Predominance of Religious Art; The Golden Age of the Builders; Tradition and Modernity. Descriptors: 2000s, A, architecture, Bukhara, chapter, coffee table, Khiva, photography, pre-Tsarist, Samarqand, Uzbekistan.
Babur Padshah Ghazi, Zahiru'd-din Muhammad. Babur - Nama (Memoirs of Babur). Translated by Annette Susannah Beveridge. New Delhi: Oriental Books. Reprint, 1970. First published in 1922 by Annette Beveridge.
Babur (1483-1530) was the founder of the Moghul Dynasty in India. The Baburnama is his autobiography written in Turki text. It follows, Babur's rule from Samarqand, through Kabul and other cities, and to India. In the work, Babur keeps track of time according to Muslim prayers and holidays and he discusses his practice of Islam with regard to such items as drinking/refraining from alcohol consumption.
Babur (1483-1530) was the founder of the Moghul Dynasty in India. The Baburnama is his autobiography written in Turki text. It follows, Babur's rule from Samarqand, through Kabul and other cities, and to India. In the work, Babur keeps track of time according to Muslim prayers and holidays and he discusses his practice of Islam with regard to such items as drinking/refraining from alcohol consumption.
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