Photos by Ruedi Stuckert 1942

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The numbers of the photos correspond to the image numbers in Stuckert's and Glatzers articles 1980.
The Herat Grand Mosque in 1942
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1 - View to the East

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2- View to the West (qibla) 
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3 - View to the North
The Ghurid Mausoleum of Ghiyath ud-Din attached to the Grand Mosque in 1942
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6 - Eastern side

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7 - Eastern side,
Main Ghurid inscriptions
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8 - Detail from no. 7

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9 - Gate of entrance
with naskhi inscription
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10 - Opposite side of no. 9
with naskhi and kufic inscr.
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11 - Zone of transition
with big naskhi inscription
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12 - Tomb of
Ghiyath ud-Din

For descriptions and analyses see:
R. Stuckert: Der Baubestand...
B. Glatzer: Das Mausoleum und die Moschee ...

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