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Timurid Architecture Research Archive This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-04-02 Finding aid written in English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Second published edition, most in final form, except for cover page of printed editions, and some details still being reviewed. It will be updated at a later date. Aga Khan Documentation Center Department of Distinctive Collections, MIT Libraries Massachusetts Institute of Technology Building 7-238 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 http://libraries.mit.edu/akdc/ Timurid Architecture Research Archive AKDC.2015.0005 Table of Contents Summary Information .................................................................................................................................... 4 Biography and History ................................................................................................................................... 4 Scope and Content ......................................................................................................................................... 5 Arrangement ................................................................................................................................................... 6 Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................ 7 Related Materials ........................................................................................................................................... 8 Controlled Access Headings .......................................................................................................................... 8 Collection Inventory ....................................................................................................................................... 9 Series I: Timurid Monument Files .............................................................................................................. 9 Afghanistan ............................................................................................................................................. 10 Azerbaijan ............................................................................................................................................... 13 Iran .......................................................................................................................................................... 13 Kazakhstan .............................................................................................................................................. 28 Pakistan ................................................................................................................................................... 28 Russia ...................................................................................................................................................... 29 Turkmenistan ........................................................................................................................................... 29 Uzbekistan ............................................................................................................................................... 31 Unspecified .............................................................................................................................................. 37 Series II: Field Notes ................................................................................................................................ 39 Lisa Golombek Notebooks ..................................................................................................................... 39 Monument Field Notes - Envelopes ....................................................................................................... 39 Series III: Photographs and Negatives ...................................................................................................... 44 Timurid Monument Photographs ............................................................................................................ 45 Timurid Monument Photographs ............................................................................................................ 45 Timurid Monument Negatives - Binder - Spine label: Timurid Negatives, 1966. ................................. 45 Timurid Monument Large Photographs, drawings ................................................................................ 46 Series IV: Architectural Drawings and Maps ........................................................................................... 47 Donald Wilber Drawings [287] .............................................................................................................. 48 Maps for Study [290] ............................................................................................................................. 48 Timurid Maps [288] ............................................................................................................................... 48 Architectural Drawings and Maps [many are large format] .................................................................. 48 Series V: Timurid Monument Slides ........................................................................................................ 48 Timurid Architecture Slides (in numbered slide boxes) ........................................................................ 49 Page 2 | http://libguides.mit.edu/EMMAS_guide | Timurid Architecture Research Archive AKDC.2015.0005 Timurid Architecture Slides boxed separately - 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Anau-Gazur Gah; and, B. Uzbekistan ............................................................................................................................................... 49 Appendix I: Drawings and Maps - List. See Appendix I via the link. ..................................................... 49 Page 3 | http://libguides.mit.edu/EMMAS_guide | Timurid Architecture Research Archive AKDC.2015.0005 Summary Information Repository: Aga Khan Documentation Center, MIT Libraries Creator - aut: Wilber, Donald Newton Creator - aut: Golombek, Lisa Title: Timurid Architecture Research Archive ID: AKDC.2015.0005 Date [inclusive]: ca. 1960-1990; site visits ca. 1966 Physical Description: 18 box(es) Document: 3 are 5" letter size; 9 are 2.5" letter size; 1 is 5" legal size; 1 is 5" Tall legal size; and, 2 are single drawer card file drawers; 1 is a small CD size box; and 1 is a triangular tube for architectural drawings (63 x 14 x 12 cm), Physical Description: 9 Linear Feet Physical Description: 2 folder(s) 2 extra large files for architectural drawings/maps Language of the English . Material: Abstract: Materials in this collection are the creations of Lisa Golombek and Donald Wilber. The collection consists of extensive field notes, photographs, architectural drawings, and slides. Sites featured in the materials are found in a number of Middle Eastern and Central Asian countries, both within modern cities and in rural areas. Sites featured include a wide array of building types such as mosques, madrassas, khanaqahs, and palaces. Some sites are associated with Timurid rulers, while others are associated with religious figures. The majority of the materials in the collection were created during field expeditions in 1966. Images and notes contributed to Golombek and Wilber's two- volume work on the Timurid architecture of Iran and Central Asia. ^ Return to Table of Contents Biography and History Lisa Golombek is Curator Emeritus of Islamic Art at the Royal Ontario Museum. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1968. Her dissertation focuses on an iconographic interpretation Page 4 | http://libguides.mit.edu/EMMAS_guide | Timurid Architecture Research Archive AKDC.2015.0005 of Timurid architecture, with a focus on the shrine at Gazur Gah. Donald Wilber (1907-1997) was an American writer and historian of the Middle East and Middle Eastern architecture, with a particular focus on Persian history and architecture. Receiving his Ph.D. from Princeton University, Wilber became the first student to receive his doctorate in Architectural history. The bulk of materials in the collection are the product of field studies over the course of several months in 1966. The research expedition covered a number of countries in the Middle East and Central Asia, areas controlled by the Tiumrid Dynasty at various points between the late fourteenth and early sixteenth centuries. The research focused on the Timurid architecture surviving in these regions and was used to contribute to the two-volume work The Timurid Architecture of Iran and Turan, co-authored by Golombek and Wilber. The Timurid Empire was founded in the mid-to-late-fourteenth century by the Turco-Mongol military leader Timur, also known as Tamerlane. Timur is also the eponymous founder of the Timurid Dynasty, whose dates are roughly parallel to those of the empire of the same name. At different points throughout the late fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, Timur and his descendants conquered territories in Central Asia, the Caucasus, Mesopotamia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. The Timurids were heavily influenced by Middle Eastern language and culture, especially Persian. During the period of Timurid rule, a distinctive architectural style was developed within the sphere of their influence. Characteristics of Timurid-style architecture are exhibited in such prominent buildings as the Gur-i