Samarkand Tile, c.1403

بلاطة سمرقندية

Samarkand Tile, c.1403; V&A, accession 1284-1893.

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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A glazed tile; about 1403, Timurid Samarkand. In the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 1

People and things also explored

Arabesque· Girih· Hedwig glass· Islamic calligraphy· Islamic geometric patterns· Islamic lustreware· Kubachi ware· Mahmal

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  1. Victoria and Albert Museum Collection API
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islam.museum contributors. “Samarkand Tile, c.1403”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/balata-samarkand/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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