Four Central Asian Shrines: A Socio-Political History of Architecture By R. D. McChesney.

There is a wealth of primary sources that concern the operation and financing of the shrine, but limited information on the actual structures of the shrine, with the earliest photo of the complex as a whole being from 1908. The final chapter deals with the Prophet's Cloak shrine in Qandahar, which is the most recent of the four shrines discussed in the book. This excellent new book, building on the author's Yarshatar Lectures at SOAS in 2017, examines the history of four shrines, one in Uzbekistan and three in Afghanistan. [Extracted from the article]