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Iskandar, in the likeness of Ḥusayn Bāyqarā, with the seven sages
British Library
Mosaic floor decoration unearthed in Pompeii showing Alexander leading a charge against Persian King Darius
Naples National Archaeological Museum
Qala Ikhtyaruddin, Old City, Herat
AKTC / Simon Norfolk
Herat, Qala Iktyaruddin
Simon Norfolk
Iskandar, in the likeness of Ḥusayn Bāyqarā, with the seven sages (left)
Timur’s defeat of Mamluks during the siege of Damascus, Kamal al-Din Behzad
Chaharsuq complex, Old City, Herat
AKTC / Christian Richters
Reconstruction of external glacis (left)
Iskandar, in the likeness of Ḥusayn Bāyqarā, visiting the wise man in a cave, ‘Khamsah’, Niẓami Ganjavi
British Library
Hārūn al-Rashīd and the barber, ‘Khamsah’, Niẓami Ganjavi
British Library
Old city of Herat
AKTC / Simon Norfolk
Silver coin showing Alexander the Great (left)
British Museum
Yu Aw community centre (previously a synagogue), Herat Old City
AKTC / Christian Richters
‘Khamsah’, Niẓami Ganjavi
British Library
Qala Ikhtyaruddin, Old City, Herat
AKTC / Christian Richters
Laylā and Majnūn at school (left)
Iktyaruddin citadel at dusk, Old City,
AKTC / Simon Norfolk
Herat
AKTC / Christian Richters
Herat Mufalla Minarett, 1916, Niedermayer
Oskar Ritter von Niedermayer
and Shīrīn being shown the portrait of Khusraw by one of her handmaidens, ‘Khamsah’, Niẓami Ganjavi
British Library
Exterior view of Masjid-i Juma
Josephine Powell, Hollis Archive, Harvard University Library
Herat, 1916
Oskar Ritter von Niedermayer
and Iskandar on the island near the ‘Lion’s Mouth’ whirlpool beating the wolfskin drum of the bronze talisman in order to still the waters, ‘Khamsah’, Niẓami Ganjavi
British Library
Public performance,
Masjid-i Jumah
Josephine Powell
Externsive works were undertaken to protect the monument and make it ready for visitors
Buttresses constructed to stabilize the main iwan, Khwaja Abdullah Ansari Shrine
AKTC / Simon Norfolk
Nine of eleven minarets at the Musalla complex (left)
Nineteenth century illustrations of Herat
British Library
Northwest corner of Masjid-i Juma
Josephine Powell, Hollis Archive, Harvard University Library
and Ikhtyaruddin citadel (left & right)
Oscar von Niedermayer
Namakdan
Simon Norfolk
Main iwan and graves in the courtyard of the Khwaja Abdullah Ansari Shrine
AKTC / Simon Norfolk
Courtyard, iwan and two minarets of Masjid-i Juma (left)
Herat Mosque, 1916
Oskar Ritter von Niedermayer
Teams of craftsmen and technical professionals engaged and trained as part of restoration works
AKTC / Simon Norfolk
Herat
AKTC / Simon Norfolk
Namakdan Pavilion and surrounding landscape following restoration
AKTC / Simon Norfolk
Manuscript possibly being presented to Sulṭān Mīrzā Barlās, ruler of Samarkand
Iktyaruddin citadel, Old City
Josephine Powell, Hollis Archive, Harvard University Library
Ustads and students at the Aga Khan Music Initiative school in Herat
AKTC / Simon Norfolk
and graves in the courtyard of the Khwaja Abdullah Ansari Shrine
AKTC / Simon Norfolk
Farhād arriving at Shīrīn’s palace, ‘Khamsah’, Niẓami Ganjavi
British Library
Aerial view of citadel after restoration
AKTC
Abdul Ansari Shrine
Neidermeyer
Public performance at Bagh Babur
AKTC
Khwaja Abdullah Ansari Shrine, Gozargah, Herat
AKTC / Simon Norfolk
Musicians at the Aga Khan Music Initiative school in Herat
AKTC / Christian Richters
and destruction of historic fabric, Old City, Herat
AKTC
Nineteenth century illustrations of Herat
British Library
Fifth Minaret of Herat, 1916, Niedermayer
Oskar Ritter von Niedermayer
Old City, Herat
Yu Aw, Herat
AKTC
Public performance at Bagh Babur
AKTC
Prior to restoration the Yu Aw site was extensively damaged
AKTC
and Dost Mohammad Khan’s grave at the Ansari shrine in Gozargah, Herat
Oscar von Niedermayer
Public performance at Bagh Babur
AKTC
Shīrūy murders Khusraw while he sleeps in bed (left)
Herat, 1916
Oskar Ritter von Niedermayer
Yu Aw, Herat
AKTC / Simon Norfolk
and typical alleyway in the Old City, Herat
AKTC
Herat, 1916
Oskar Ritter von Niedermayer
Old City of Herat showing both the Musalla complex
and the elders pleading before Hurmuzd on behalf of the young Khusraw, ‘Khamsah’, Niẓami Ganjavi
British Library
Yu Aw, Herat
AKTC
The square planned historic city of Herat (left)
Herat
AKTC
Herat, 1916
Oskar Ritter von Niedermayer
Herat, 1916
Oskar Ritter von Niedermayer
Nineteenth century illustrations of Herat
British Library
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