Aga Khan Trust for Culture - March 2007 Afghanistan Newsletter

TIMUR SHAH MAUSOLEUM, KABUL Photographs from the 19th century show that the original châhâr bagh in which the mausoleum of Timur Shah was built was even by then much reduced in extent.

NAUROZ IN BAGHE BABUR Thousands of people flocked to Baghe Babur during the traditional Persian New Year, or Nauroz holiday on 21st March.

THE REHABILITATION OF THE SERAI E ABRESHAM IN HERAT The lofty spaces of the Serai e Abresham are some of the last vestiges of the extensive covered bazaars that once characterised Herat’s commercial core.