Shir Dar Madrasa

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3.1 MB

Format

JPEG

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Creator(s)

Islamic, Central Asian

Location

Site: Samarkand (Uzbekistan)

Cultural context

Central Asian

Islamic

Uzbek

Description

The Shir Dar or Sher Dor madrasa was built in the seventeenth century, as a teaching institution and residential school of Islamic sciences. It forms the famed Registan Square ensemble in Samarkand, with the earlier constructed Ulugh Beg madrasa (1417-1421) and later built Tilla Kari madrasa (1646-60). The structure marks a significant continuation of the four iwan, square plan, and Iranian madrasa typology. It reinforces the Timurid emphasis on scale, and resultantly on external facades.
Source: Archnet

exterior, exterior wall of Shir Dar Madrasa in foreground, portal of Ulugh Beg Madrasa in background, 1987

Work type

Mosque

Madrasa

Medium

brick

Keywords

Islamic religious education