Silk Road: Imperial hotel Photo

Photographer’s Note

Travels on he Silk Road:

The ancient Silk Road between Tus/Mashad and Bukhara passes by this caravanserai, a kind of motel for whole caravans, be it administrators or traders, horses or dromedars. It is Ruhat-e Sharaf near Sarakhs, Iran. It was built in the year 1114 with bricks by order of Sultan Sanjar, the Seljuk master of a huge empire, whose center was nearby Merv (good-bye Bagdad at that time). In the background you see the improved Silk Road, and the Kopet Tag mountain-chain that separates Iran from Turkmenistan. The building survived the Mongol times, but with water supply dwindling it was later abandoned. Today careful renovations are under way.

The slide was scanned, the skies deblurred, some smudges removed, the colour adjusted.

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doubay (5023) 2007-01-12 14:11

Hallo Dietrich,
sehr beindruckende Landschaft mit einem sehr faszinierenden historischen Monument. Deine Iran-Fotos sind wirklich super.
VG
Andreas

jaja1970 (1286) 2007-01-15 4:23

Hallo Dietrich,

Fantastic picture.
Very pleasent pov and composition.
Well done & TFS,

Javad.

christian_v (801) 2007-01-19 7:50

Bonjour Dietrich.

Là, encore…,je suis encore souffle par le grand espace…De ton image
On sent l’appel du désert…Et cette piste qui stimule notre imagination
J’envie ton coup d’œil de cet endroit.
En 2002, faisais-tu déjà cela en vélo…Depuis l’Europe.
Et ce tchai-irane datant de 1114 c’est un sacre document

As-tu des images de l’intérieur... ????

Amitiés
christian

fserajian (4489) 2007-03-19 18:03

Hi Dietrich,

Great POV, Fantastic picture. well presented composition.
Well done & TFS,

Fara