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Event - 1992-09-19

Posted June 3rd, 2008 by heritage
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Saturday, 1992, September 19
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At 7:00 p.m. Hazar Imam and Governor Pulat Majidovich Abdur Rakhmanov arrived at Registan Square in Samarkand. School children strew rose petals on their path as they proceeded to take their places on the platform in front of the Tila Kari Madressah.

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H.H. Prince Karim Aga Khan IV
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SPEECH AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE FIFTH AGA KHAN AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE - 1992-09-19

Posted March 24th, 2010 by heritage
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Your Excellency the Governor Pulat Majidovich, Your Excellencies, Honourable Ministers, Distinguished guests

It is with delight and appreciation that I open in the city of Samarkand, this fifth prize giving ceremony of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. To be able to join with all of you to celebrate architectural excellence in this magnificent setting, a setting of unrivalled importance to the history of architecture in the Muslim world, is the realization -- for me -- of a long cherished hope for the Award and its mission.

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SPEECH AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE FIFTH AGA KHAN AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE - 1992-09-19

Posted March 24th, 2010 by heritage
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Your Excellency the Governor Pulat Majidovich, Your Excellencies, Honourable Ministers, Distinguished guests

It is with delight and appreciation that I open in the city of Samarkand, this fifth prize giving ceremony of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. To be able to join with all of you to celebrate architectural excellence in this magnificent setting, a setting of unrivalled importance to the history of architecture in the Muslim world, is the realization -- for me -- of a long cherished hope for the Award and its mission.

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