Afghanistan - the shrine at Mazar-e Sharif

• The symmetry group of the tiling is *442 (p4m).
• All the internal angles of the constituent polygons are a multiple of 45°.
• Contains two squares.
• Contains two regular two-pointed star polygons with vertex angle of 45°.
• Contains one regular four-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 45°.
• Contains one regular 8-pointed star polygon with vertex angle of 90°.
• There is one non-regular reflective tile (including one kite).
• The tiling satisfies the two-colour condition.
• The tiling is edge-to-edge.
• As drawn, contains about 290 polygons.

1. Photo by David Wade: TRA 0428 (Shir Dar madrasah, Samarkand, Central Asia) of David Wade. Website: patterninislamicart.com, UK, 2015. [wadei] {Website}(1636AD, 1045AH)
2. Flickr photo (Shir Dar madrasah, Samarkand, Central Asia) of Not specific. Personal Communication, Information sent to the author, 21c. [pc]
3. Vol3, Figure 86, page 56 (Mazar-e Sharif Shrine, Afghanistan, Central Asia. Original colouring not used as blue on white interlacing) of Mahmood Maher al-Naqsh. Design and execution of drawing in Iranian tilework, Islamic period, Reza Abbasi Museum, 1983. [iran] {Good collection of Iranian patterns, text in Persian} Available on Internet.

• Wade photo TRA 0428

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