Iskandar, in the likeness of Ḥusayn Bāyqarā, with the seven sages

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Mosaic floor decoration unearthed in Pompeii showing Alexander leading a charge against Persian King Darius

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Qala Ikhtyaruddin, Old City, Herat

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Herat, Qala Iktyaruddin

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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

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Reconstruction of external glacis (left)

Iskandar, in the likeness of Ḥusayn Bāyqarā, visiting the wise man in a cave, ‘Khamsah’, Niẓami Ganjavi

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Hārūn al-Rashīd and the barber, ‘Khamsah’, Niẓami Ganjavi

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Old city of Herat

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Silver coin showing Alexander the Great (left)

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Yu Aw community centre (previously a synagogue), Herat Old City

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‘Khamsah’, Niẓami Ganjavi

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Qala Ikhtyaruddin, Old City, Herat

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Laylā and Majnūn at school (left)

Iktyaruddin citadel at dusk, Old City,

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Herat

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Herat Mufalla Minarett, 1916, Niedermayer

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and Shīrīn being shown the portrait of Khusraw by one of her handmaidens, ‘Khamsah’, Niẓami Ganjavi

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Exterior view of Masjid-i Juma

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Herat, 1916

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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

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Public performance,

Masjid-i Jumah

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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

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Nine of eleven minarets at the Musalla complex (left)

Nineteenth century illustrations of Herat

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Northwest corner of Masjid-i Juma

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and Ikhtyaruddin citadel (left & right)

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Namakdan

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Main iwan and graves in the courtyard of the Khwaja Abdullah Ansari Shrine

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Courtyard, iwan and two minarets of Masjid-i Juma (left)

Herat Mosque, 1916

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Teams of craftsmen and technical professionals engaged and trained as part of restoration works

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Herat

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Namakdan Pavilion and surrounding landscape following restoration

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Manuscript possibly being presented to Sulṭān Mīrzā Barlās, ruler of Samarkand

Iktyaruddin citadel, Old City

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Ustads and students at the Aga Khan Music Initiative school in Herat

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and graves in the courtyard of the Khwaja Abdullah Ansari Shrine

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Farhād arriving at Shīrīn’s palace, ‘Khamsah’, Niẓami Ganjavi

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Aerial view of citadel after restoration

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Abdul Ansari Shrine

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Public performance at Bagh Babur

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Khwaja Abdullah Ansari Shrine, Gozargah, Herat

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Musicians at the Aga Khan Music Initiative school in Herat

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and destruction of historic fabric, Old City, Herat

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Nineteenth century illustrations of Herat

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Fifth Minaret of Herat, 1916, Niedermayer

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Old City, Herat

Yu Aw, Herat

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Public performance at Bagh Babur

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Prior to restoration the Yu Aw site was extensively damaged

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and Dost Mohammad Khan’s grave at the Ansari shrine in Gozargah, Herat

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Public performance at Bagh Babur

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Shīrūy murders Khusraw while he sleeps in bed (left)

Herat, 1916

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Yu Aw, Herat

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and typical alleyway in the Old City, Herat

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Herat, 1916

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Old City of Herat showing both the Musalla complex

and the elders pleading before Hurmuzd on behalf of the young Khusraw, ‘Khamsah’, Niẓami Ganjavi

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Yu Aw, Herat

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The square planned historic city of Herat (left)

Herat

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Herat, 1916

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Herat, 1916

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Nineteenth century illustrations of Herat

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