Word: timur
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...juxtaposition of the present and the past, of the mundane and the macabre, that is Delhi's special delight for art and history buffs. On the terrace of an abandoned 14th century madrasah in the neighborhood of Hauz Khas, you can stand on the stone steps where Mongol conqueror Timur the Lame walked in 1398, admiring the city whose inhabitants he had butchered (his contribution to Delhi's architecture-pyramids of skulls-has thankfully been lost). Sitting in Haldiram's, a vegetarian eatery in old Delhi, you can admire the Sunehri mosque, whose roof Nadir Shah, a king of Persia...
...only thing this lovely book lacks is a sense of humor. Delhi has probably been ruled by a more continuous string of misfits, incompetents and cowards than any other imperial city, which may be why it has been sacked so often-among those who did the honors were Timur, the British, the Persians and the Afghans (at least three times). So many boastful tombs and forts designed for so many third-rate sultans! Know your history, and it's impossible to keep a straight face as you drive down the posh Lodi Road (named in honor of a dynasty that...
...very satisfied with the extent of the support and the quality of services [OCS] provides,” says Timur Akazhanov ’05, an economics concentrator who participated in the on-campus recruiting program...
...Eliot: Timur Akazhanov, Deema B. Arafah, Sarah L. Bishop, Bryan D. Choi, Patrick S. Dinneen, Fuad Faridi, Anna E. Harkey, Zhe Lu, Kimberley S. Mak, Arik Motskin, Joseph R. Oliveri, Katherine E. Talcott
...16th century doors on display. Fashioned from walnut and inlaid with mother-of-pearl, tortoiseshell, ebony and ivory, these were made for Sultan Murad III's pavilion in the harem area of the Topkapi Palace. A synthesis of art and architecture dates to the Timurid-Turkmen period (1370-1506). Timur, known in the West as Tamerlane, came from Samarkand, Uzbekistan, and went on to conquer near Eastern and Central Asian areas. The earliest known architectural scroll from the period "reflects the application of geometry in the Islamic tradition," according to "Turks" catalog editor David J. Roxburgh, a Harvard professor...