Stolen Islamic tile discovered in London art gallery will return to Uzbekistan

An important glazed Islamic calligraphic tile stolen in Uzbekistan is to be returned to the country after it was discovered for sale in a London gallery.

The 13th century tile was taken from the Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum, in Vobkent in the Bukhara region of…

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