The King Saud Mosque, Jeddah
A walk around Jeddah’s largest mosque as it began to fill up for prayer time.
A walk around Samarkand
Some shots from a few days walking around the capital of the Timurid Empire.
The Wazir Khan Mosque in Lahore
In the heart of the Walled City of Lahore, lies the ornately decorated Wazir Khan Mosque. It was built between 1634 and 1641 by Hakim Wazir Khan, the Subedar of Lahore, during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan.
The Badshahi Mosque in Lahore
Built by Emperor Aurangzeb in 1673, the Badshahi mosque remains the largest Mughal-era mosque and is the second-largest mosque in Pakistan.
The mausoleum of Amir Timur in Samarkand
This mausoleum in Samarkand in Uzbekistan is known as Gur-e-Amir, Persian for "Tomb of the King". Inside is the final resting place of one of the greatest Mongol kings.
Memories of the Samanid Mausoleum in Bukhara
When I posted this on Instagram in September 2019, I received a beautiful message from Azeema Nur, a photographer and Bukharan who currently lives in California, about her childhood memories of this mausoleum,
The Hadži Kurt Mosque in Mostar
In the Hadži Kurt Mosque, I met Ilma, a young red-headed women with bright blue eyes. She told me about the history of this small Ottoman-era mosque.
Tabriz's Grand Bazaar
A photographic journey through the largest covered market place in the world.
Ceilings of Iran
Images of the spectacular ceilings that can be found in Iran and the mosques, mausolea, madrasahs and palaces they belong to.
Ceilings of Uzbekistan
Images of the spectacular ceilings that can be found in Uzbekistan and of the palaces, mosques, madrasahs and mausolea they belong to.
Then & now: The Mausoleum of Oljaytu
Some historical lithographs and photographs of the magnificent mausoleum of the the Mongol general Oljaytu recently came to my attention via an Instagram post by Fartash Tours that included a photo I took of the mausoleum in 2019.