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52 Cards in this Set
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Gur Emir. Samarkand, Uzbekistan ca. 1400 comm. Timur |
mausoleum for Timur |
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Gur Emir. Samarkand, Uzbekistan ca. 1400 comm. Timur |
blue ribbed double dome |
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Gur Emir. Samarkand, Uzbekistan ca. 1400 comm. Timur |
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Gur Emir. Samarkand, Uzbekistan ca. 1400 comm. Timur |
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Registan Samarkand, Uzbekistan begun early 15th c. comm. Ulugh Beg |
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Registan Samarkand, Uzbekistan begun early 15th c. comm. Ulugh Beg |
L-R Ulugh Beg, Tilla Kari, Shirdar madrasas |
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Shirdar Madrasa, Registan Samarkand, Uzbekistan (1616-36) comm. Ulugh Beg |
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Isfahan, Iran turned capital by Shah Abbas in 1598 |
"Isfahan nesf-ef jahan" = "Isfahan is half the world" |
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Isfahan, Iran turned capital by Shah Abbas in 1598 |
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Chahar Bagh Avenue and the Chahar Bagh Garden Isfahan, Iran. comm. Shah Abbas |
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Maydan-I Shah (Royal Square) Isfahan, Iran (1590-1602) comm. Shah Abbas |
>500m long |
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Maydan-I Shah Isfahan, Iran (1590-1602) comm. Shah Abbas |
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Maydan-I Shah Isfahan, Iran (1590-1602) comm. Shah Abbas |
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Ali Qapu Isfahan, Iran (ca. 1600) comm. Shah Abbas |
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Ali Qapu Isfahan, Iran (ca. 1600) comm. Shah Abbas |
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Ali Qapu Music Room Isfahan, Iran (ca. 1600) comm. Shah Abbas |
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Hasht Bihisht Isfahan, Iran (ca. 1670)
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eight paradises pavilion |
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Masjid-I Shah (Royal Mosque) Isfahan, Iran (1611-37) |
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Masjid-I Shah (Royal Mosque) Isfahan, Iran (1611-37) |
four iwan plan |
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Masjid-I Shah (Royal Mosque) Isfahan, Iran (1611-37) |
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Masjid-I Shah (Royal Mosque) Isfahan, Iran (1611-37) |
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Masjid-I Shah (Royal Mosque) Isfahan, Iran (1611-37) |
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Masjid-I Shah (Royal Mosque) Isfahan, Iran (1611-37) |
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Fatehpur Sikri, India (1570s) comm. Shah Akbar after it was predicted he would have a son. Shaik Salim Chishti predicted |
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Anup Talao Fatehpur Sikri, India (1570s) |
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Diwan-I Khas Fatehpur Sikri, India (1570s) |
audience hall for Akbar |
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Diwan-I Khas Fatehpur Sikri, India (1570s) |
audience hall for Akbar |
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Diwan-I Khas Fatehpur Sikri, India (1570s) |
audience hall for Akbar |
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Khanqah Fatehpur Sikri, India Begun 1569 |
grand mosque with a couple of tombs |
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Tomb of Shaik Salim Chishti Fatehpur Sikri, India (1569-74) |
predicted birth of Akbar's son |
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Tomb of Shaik Salim Chishti Fatehpur Sikri, India (1569-74)
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Tomb of Shaik Salim Chishti Fatehpur Sikri, India (1569-74) |
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Tomb of Shaik Salim Chishti Fatehpur Sikri, India (1569-74) |
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Jali (Lattice Screens) |
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Taj Mahal Agra, India (1632-54) comm. Shah Jahan |
as a tomb for him and wife |
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Taj Mahal Agra, India (1632-54) comm. Shah Jahan |
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Great Gate, Taj Mahal Agra, India (1632-54) |
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Great Gate, Taj Mahal (8 paradise plan) Agra, India (1632-54) |
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iwan- deep niche or vaulted recess in the front
pishtaq- frame around the Iwan |
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Hasht Bihisht Isfahan, Iran (ca. 1670) |
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Hasht Bihisht Isfahan, Iran (ca. 1670) |
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Hasht Bihisht Isfahan, Iran (ca. 1670) |
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Hasht Bihisht Isfahan, Iran (ca. 1670) |
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Ata Mulaik Juvaini" |
"If it is said that a paradise is to be seen in this world then the paradise of this world is Samarkand" |
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Ulugh Beg Madrasa Registan, Samarkand, Uzbekisatan |
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Chahar Bagh |
type of garden that has 4 quadrants separated by water channels |
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Eight Paradises plan |
central room with eight doors to Islamic paradise |
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chatres |
bell shaped towers as a pre-Islamic motif |
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Taj Mahal, Agra, India |
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Taj Mahal, Agra, India |
flowers of paradise |
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Taj Mahal Nine square plan |
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Taj Mahal Cenotaphs of Shah Jahan and his wife |
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