Shah-i-Zinda Necropolis

by Pravine Chester

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Shah-i-Zinda Necropolis

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Pravine Chester

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Photograph - Photographs

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This stunning site in Samarkand is an avenue of mausoleums containing some of the richest tilework in the Muslim world. It started with a single religious monument over 1000 yrs. ago. The complex consists of eleven mausoleums which were continuously added form the 11th century to the 15th century and is the burial place of royals, nobles and the unknown, men and women. The rows of sparkling blue coloured tombs are harmoniously built in composition and grouped along the narrow medieval streets.
The name, which means ‘Tomb of the Living King’, refers to its original, innermost and holiest shrine – a complex of cool, quiet rooms around what is probably the grave of Qusam ibn-Abbas, who is said to have brought Islam to this area in the 7th century. The most stunning Timurid-era tilework dates from 14th and 15th centuries.
This is one of the most fascinating sights of Samarkand

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December 28th, 2019

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