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.

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The Herat Grand Mosque in 1942

1 - View to the East

2- View to the West (qibla)

3 - View to the North

The Ghurid Mausoleum of Ghiyath ud-Din attached to the Grand Mosque in 1942

6 - Eastern side

7 - Eastern side, Main Ghurid inscriptions

8 - Detail from no. 7

9 - Gate of entrance with naskhi inscription

10 - Opposite side of no. 9 with naskhi and kufic inscr.

11 - Zone of transition with big naskhi inscription

12 - Tomb of Ghiyath ud-Din

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