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Tamerlane's Captive Armenian Architects and the Samarkand Cathedral-Mosque
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna explore a lesser-known chapter of Tamerlane's empire-building: the captured Armenian architects who helped shape Samarkand's monumental skyline. After the 1400 campaign in eastern Anatolia, Timur deported skilled Armenian masons and stone-carvers to his capital. Lucas traces how these craftsmen fused Armenian high-vaulted domes and carved stone crosses (later obscured) with Persian iwans and tilework, creating structures like the Bibi-Khanym Mosque — a hybrid that stunned European envoys like Clavijo. The conversation touches on the…
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