Word: registan
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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They entered the great Registan (Market Place) of which Lord Curzon has written: "It was originally and is still, even in its ruins, the noblest public square in the World."† The women, with faces on which an absence of reverence could be descried, stood before the three great mosques facing the Registan, mocking the commands of Mohammed by their shameless presence. Soon the venerable priesthood emerged rampant, the effect of their imprecations being enhanced by the fact that in Samarkand old men dye their beards pink with henna...
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