These plans, sections and elevations of two memorial complexes in Samarkand, (Uzbekistan) are from the archeological part of <em>Turkestan Album</em>. The six-volume photographic survey was produced in 1871-72 under the patronage of General Konstantin P. von Kaufman, the first governor-general (1867-82) of Turkestan, as the Russian Empire’s Central Asian territories were called. The album devotes special attention to Samarkand’s Islamic architectural heritage. The upper drawings include the plan of the Khodzha Abdu-Derun memorial complex dedicated to a revered 9th century Arab judge of the Abdi clan, with the word <em>derun</em> (inner) added to signify its location within Samarkand. The original domed mausoleum, dating from perhaps the 12th century, was expanded with a pilgrimage shrine in the 15th century. The complex also included a pool, a mosque, and an entrance portal. The lower drawings show the Ishrat-khan shrine, thought to have been built in 1464 at the command of Habib Sultan Begum (a wife of Abu Said) as a mausoleum for the women and children of the Timurid dynasty. This centralized, cruciform mausoleum with a high dome was flanked by two-storied ancillary structures that contained a mosque, a vestibule for washing (<em>mion-sarai</em>), and a passage to the burial crypt. By the time these drawings were made, much of the mausoleum’s upper structure had collapsed, but its monumental form was still impressive.
<br>Architectural drawings; Islamic architecture; Projections; Sepulchral monuments; Tombs
Bogaevskii, Nikolai V., 1843-1912
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