Samarqand Shahri

Samarqand Shahri is in Samarqand Region, Uzbekistan. Samarqand Shahri is situated nearby to the locality Koshbakaly, as well as near the neighborhood Jewish mahalla.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Bibi Khanym and Afrasiyab.

Bibi Khanym

Mosque

Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.

The Bibi-Khanym Mosque is one of the most important monuments of Samarkand, Uzbekistan. In the 15th century, it was one of the largest and most magnificent mosques in the Islamic world.

Afrasiyab

Grassland

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Afrasiyab is an ancient site in northern Samarkand, present-day Uzbekistan, that was occupied from c. 500 BC to 1220 AD prior to the Mongol invasion in the 13th century.

The Ulugh Beg Observatory is an observatory in modern day Samarkand, Uzbekistan, which was built in the 1420s by the Timurid astronomer Ulugh Beg. This school of astronomy was constructed under the Timurid Empire, and was the last of its kind from the Islamic Medieval period.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Samarkand and Jewish mahalla.

Samarkand

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Samarkand is the city that is the bejewelled crown of the Silk Road, a rhapsody of ornate Islamic architecture with turquoise domes and soaring tiled minarets.

Jewish mahalla

Neighborhood

Photo: Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Jewish mahalla is a neighborhood.