Zindan
Prisoners in a zindan, probably in the Emirate of Bukhara under Imperial Russia. Early color photograph by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, ca. 1910
A Zindan (from the Persian: زندان, zindân — "prison"[1]) is a traditional Central Asian prison. In the eastern Khanate, the prisons were typically underground.[2] Thus a zindan is closely affiliated with a dungeon.
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References
- Hobley, C. W. (1920) "The Tana River". The Geographical Journal, Vol. 56, No. 4 (Oct., 1920), pp. 297-305
- Donald, D. (1996) Barry Politics and Justice in Russia: major trials of the post-Stalin era (M.E. Sharpe) ISBN 1-56324-344-X
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