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Timur hangs his architect

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Timur hangs his architect
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Zafarnama. Author: Sharaf al-Din Yazdi / Shiraz, Iran, 1552 Language: Persian Source/Shelfmark: Or. 1359, f.452v The architect of the mosque at Samarkand hanged by Timur because he suspected him of flirting with his wife Bibi Khanum (Quran'ic inscription and Persian quatrains on the building). A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of the Zafarnama. Image taken from Zafarnama. Originally published/produced in Shiraz, Iran, 1552.

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architect / Uzbekistan / Central Asia / Asia / mosque / asia / judicial event / religious structure / execution / dead / engineering occupations / death / complexes / complex / islamic / mosques / religious building / ruler / islam / samarkand
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