Incredible wedding today of my friend’s niece in Samarkand.

Here she is.

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At the photographer’s studio, Samarkand, 1932.

Photo by Swiss explorer Ella Maillart.

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Matariel, Angel of Rain
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"I faced you at Samarkand as it wet our plate,
dripping through the chain mail beneath
to cool the skin. 'Matariel,' you sang,
and I lowered my shield." ~~ James Pianka

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Bazı Semerkant resimleri / Some paintings of Samarkand


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Handsome illustration of fruit booths in Samarkand by B. Litvinoff (published 1932).

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Finished main character painting from my Silk-Road-Samarkand re-telling.

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Lesson in Madrassa. Around 1910 Photo by S. Prokudin-Gorsky Collection (Library of Congress archives.)

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