Bridge over the Amu Daria (Oxus) at Charjui. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Landscape Photography View of a railway bridge crossing the Amad ar ya, described on page 146 of Curzon's Russia in Central Asia (1899), 'It is an inelegant structure built entirely of wood, which was brought all the way from Russia, and rests on more than 3000 piles, which are driven ve...
Station of Geok Tepe, Transcaspian Railway. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Landscape Photography Curzon's visit to Geok-Tepe is described on page 76 of his Russia in Central Asia (1899). Subjects = Curzon Collection; railway companies; railway stations; railways; Trans-Caspian Railway; transport Location = Geok-Tepe; Turkmenistan
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the citadel showing walls and a gateway. Subjects = Central Asian architecture; Central Asian architecture (Islamic); citadels; Curzon Collection Location = Bukhara; Uzbekistan
Genre: Architectural Photography This photograph is reproduced on page 168 of Curzon's Russia in Central Asia (1899). Subjects = architectural elements; Central Asian architecture; Central Asian architecture (Islamic); citadels; Curzon Collection; gateways Location = Bukhara; Uzbekistan
Exterior of Gur Amir (Tomb of Tamerlane), Samarkand. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography This photograph is reproduced on page 218 of Curzon's Russia in Central Asia (1899). Subjects = Central Asian architecture; Central Asian architecture (Islamic); Curzon Collection; tombs Location = Samarkand; Uzbekistan
Interior of Gur Amir (Tomb of Tamerlane), Samarkand. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography This photograph is reproduced opposite page 218 in Curzon's Russia in Central Asia (1899). Subjects = Central Asian architecture; Central Asian architecture (Islamic); Curzon Collection; interiors; tombs Location = Samarkand; Uzbekistan
Rahle (lectern) [or Kursi] in the court of Madressah-i-Bibi Kharum, Samarkand. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of a colossal marble lectern described on page 225 of Curzon's Russia in Central Asia (1899), 'The only perfect relic in the ruined enclosure is the vast rahle or lectern, which stands on nine low columns in the centre and which once bore in its V-shaped cl...