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Illuminated Manuscript depicting the Fall of Samarkand from Baburnama, Walters Art Museum, Ms. W.596, fol.24a

Written originally in Chaghatay Turkish and later translated into Persian, BÄburnÄmah is the story of a Timurid ruler of Fergana (Central Asia), áº’ahÄ«r al-DÄ«n Muá¸¥ammad BÄbur (866 AH /1483 CE - 937 AH / 1530 CE), who conquered northern India and established the Mughal Empire. The present codex, being a fragment of a dispersed copy, was executed most probably in the late 10th AH /16th CE century. It contains 30 mostly full-page miniatures in fine Mughal style by at least two different artists. Another major fragment of this work (57 folios) is in the State Museum of Eastern Cultures, Moscow. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=1759. Written originally in Chaghatay Turkish and later translated into Persian, BÄburnÄmah is the story of a Timurid ruler of Fergana (Central Asia), áº’ahÄ«r al-DÄ«n Muá¸¥ammad BÄbur (866 AH /1483 CE - 937 AH / 1530 CE), who conquered northern India and established the Mughal Empire. The present codex, being a fragment of a dispersed copy, was executed most probably in the late 10th AH /16th CE century. It contains 30 mostly full-page miniatures in fine Mughal style by at least two different artists. Another major fragment of this work (57 folios) is in the State Museum of Eastern Cultures, Moscow. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=1759

Historical holy cemetery of Shahi Zinda in Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Historical holy cemetery of Shahi Zinda in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

Samarkand: arches of Registan

Samarkand: the arches of Registan

View of Registan square in Samarkand - the main square with Tillya-Kari madrasah at night

View of Registan square in Samarkand - the main square with Tillya-Kari madrasah at night. Uzbekistan

Gur-e Amir dome

Mosaic ceiling of Gur-e Amir mausoleum dome, Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Mosaic ceiling of Gur-e Amir mausoleum dome, Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

Minaret

Ancient Minaret in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Landmark

Gur-Emir Mausoleum

Gur-Emir Mausoleum in Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Uzbekitan, the incomplete minaret

Uzbekitan, the incomplete minaret in Khiwa

Mosque courtyard Registan Square

Mosque courtyard Registan Square, Timurid era, Samarkand former USSR, now Uzbekistan

Registan square in Samarkand, Tillya-Kari madrasah 17th century. The fragment of main entrance portal.

Registan square in Samarkand, Tillya-Kari madrasah 17th century. The fragment of main entrance portal. Uzbekistan

Complex the Shah Rizinda

Mausoleum complex of 14-16 centuries which produced the burial of wives and military chiefs of the Uzbek kings, Samarkand. Mausoleum complex of 14-16 centuries which produced the burial of wives and military chiefs of the Uzbek kings, Samarkand

Minaret

Small minaret in Itchan Kala, Khiva, Uzbekistan

Arabic stone writings

Arabic stone writings from madrasah in Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Registan Ensemble

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