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Word: timurids (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1935-1935
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...Persian scholar, Dr. Arthur Upham Pope, but by a member of the Detroit Institute's own staff, swarthy, hook-nosed Dr. Mehmet Aga-Oglu, a Persian scholar of almost equal authority. A Russian-born Turk, Dr. Oglu probably would never have known the difference between the Timurid School (1390-1480) and the followers of Bichiter the Great if his childhood ambition had not been to become a naval officer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Pots & Pictures | 4/8/1935 | See Source »

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