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Shir Dar Madrasa

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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, view of corner in courtyard, showing gallery and dome, 1987
Work type
Madrasa
Medium
brick
Keywords
Type
Image
Rights
(c) Roya Marefat 1987
Access rights
All rights reserved
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