CENTRAL ASIA: SAMARKAND 2018: Bibi Khanum Masjid, Samarkand

This huge Quran stand once stood in the main prayer hall or iwan. The fabulously illuminated copy of the quran which once adorned it is now in The Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg
Bibi Khanum Masjid, Samarkand

This huge Quran stand once stood in the main prayer hall or iwan. The fabulously illuminated copy of the quran which once adorned it is now in The Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg