Outside wall of Shir-Dar Madrasa, Samarkand, c20th century. Artist: CM Dixon.

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Outside wall of Shir-Dar Madrasa, Samarkand, 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.

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Size: 5266px × 3535px
Location: World,Asia,Uzbekistan,Samarqand,Samarkand
Photo credit: © © CM Dixon/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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