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21-JUN-2011

Amasya june 2011 7307.jpg

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On the picture: Close-up of the woodcarving of a cenotaph sarcophagus dating from the Beylik (= Turcoman principality) of Kutluşahlar, who had their capital in Amasya and were independent from 1340 to 1381. The style of it can be characterised as ‘late-Seljuk’.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
‘Türkiye Tarihi Yerler Kılavuzu’ – M.Orhan Bayrak, Inkılâp Kitabevi, Istanbul, 1994 & Wikipedia.

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