Thomas Allen seated in front of a 14th-15th century Qur'an stand in the courtyard of Bibi-Khanym Mosque, Samarqand, Uzbekistan, 1891

Item Overview

Title

Thomas Allen seated in front of a 14th-15th century Qur'an stand in the courtyard of Bibi-Khanym Mosque, Samarqand, Uzbekistan, 1891

Photographer

Sachtleben, William Lewis

Date Created

November 14, 1891

Date

1891-11-14

Collection

Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

Notes

Description

Photograph taken during William Lewis Sachtleben's bicycle journey across Asia with Thomas Gaskell Allen Jr.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: 5201 / 22 [crossed out illegible no.]
Text from negative sleeve: No. 22. Nov. 14, 1891. A great stone lectern, on which rested the large holy copy of the koran in Timourlane's [Timur's, Tamerlane's] capital of Samarcand. In the ruins of one of the abandoned medressehs.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Allen, Thomas Gaskell
Bibi-Khanym Mosque (Samarqand, Uzbekistan)

Location

Uzbekistan--Samarqand

Longitude

39.660716

Latitude

66.980091

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Mosques -- Uzbekistan -- Samarqand
Bicycle touring -- Asia
Qurʼan stands -- Uzbekistan -- Samarqand