Where the Koran Was Read [Ulugh Beg's Koran stone, or platform], Samarkand, Uzbekistan, December 7-10, 1932. In the background are the ruins of the Bibi Khanum Mosque.

Bibi Khanum Mosque [view from the southwest], Samarkand, December 7-10, 1932

Road in Samarkand, Bibi Khanum Mosque, December 7-10, 1932

Bibi Khanum Mosque [view from the northwest of the pishtaq, or arched portal, and the back of the minaret], December 7-10, 1932

Bibi Khanum Mosque [view from the northwest of the sanctuary and minaret], December 7-10, 1932

Bibi-Khanum Mosque, Samarkand [view of the southern domed chamber from the west], December 7-10, 1932