Bibi-Khanym Mausoleum, Samarqand, Uzbekistan, 1891

Item Overview

Title

Bibi-Khanym Mausoleum, Samarqand, Uzbekistan, 1891

Photographer

Allen, Thomas Gaskell

Date Created

December 22, 1891

Date

1891-12-22

Collection

Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

Notes

Description

Photograph of men seated across from the ruins of the Bibi-Khanym Mausoleum.
Photograph taken during William Lewis Sachtleben's bicycle journey across Asia with Thomas Gaskell Allen Jr.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: No. 51. Dec. 22, 1891. The tomb of Bibbi Khanem, the Chinese consort of Timourlane the Great. A scene in the old city of Samarcand.
Handwritten on negative: 5201 / [illegible nos.]

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Bibi-Khanym Mausoleum (Samarqand, Uzbekistan)

Location

Uzbekistan--Samarqand

Longitude

39.66064

Latitude

66.98154

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Mausoleums -- Uzbekistan -- Samarqand
Bicycle touring -- Asia