EditorialTimur hangs his architect. Zafarnama. Shiraz, Iran, 1552. The architect of the mosque at Samarkand hanged by Timur because he suspected him of flirting with his wife Bibi Khanum (Quran'ic inscription and Persian quatrains on the building). A miniature ...
EditorialTimur hangs his architect. Zafarnama. Shiraz, Iran, 1552. The architect of the mosque at Samarkand hanged by Timur because he suspected him of flirting with his wife Bibi Khanum (Quran'ic inscription and Persian quatrains on the building). A miniature ...