Tag: Mausoleum
The Samanid Mausoleum
This small brick building dating from 868 is the burial place of Ismail I, the founder of the Samanid dynasty. For almost a century, the Samanids ruled… [...]
Pilgrimage through the stone desert
Kazakh pilgrims and tourists of all ages endure a lot of hardship to climb down from the Ustyurt plateau along narrow paths and countless steps… [...]
Holy Mausoleum
Some Chinese tourist visiting the Apaq Khodja Mausoleum, in the Xinjiang region. Built in 1640 to be the tomb of Muhammad Yusuf, a Sufi master… [...]
Symbolic dome
The unique dome of the Gur Emir Mausoleum in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, has 64 evenly spaced ribs, each of which is supposed to represent one year of the Prophet… [...]
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Baha-ud-din architectural complex
In the mausoleum of Baha-ud-din Naqshband, near Bukhara in Uzbekistan. Credit: Charlotte Bonin (France) Find all of our photos of the day here. [...]
A break at Gur-Emir mausoleum
A woman sits in the courtyard of the Gur Emir mausoleum in Samarkand, where Tamerlane (Amir Timur), the national hero, and his family are buried. Credit:… [...]