Afrasiyab

Afrasiyab is an ancient site in northern , present-day , that was occupied from c. 500 BC to 1220 AD prior to the Mongol invasion in the 13th century.
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  • Type: Grassland
  • Description: archaeological site in Uzbekistan
  • Also known as: “Afrasiab”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bibi Khanym and Ulughbek Observatory.

Mosque
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
The Mosque is one of the most important monuments of , . In the 15th century, it was one of the largest and most magnificent mosques in the Islamic world. is situated 1¼ km southwest of Afrasiyab.

Observatory
Photo: PetarM, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ulugh Beg Observatory is an in modern day , , 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. is situated 1½ km east of Afrasiyab.

Place of worship
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Khoja Doniyor mausoleum is an architectural monument in . It is located in the east side of the Afrosiyab fortress along the Siyob stream. It was built on the grave of Wali Khoja Doniyor. is situated 650 metres northeast of Afrasiyab.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jewish mahalla and Samarkand.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Afrasiyab

Latitude
39.67045° or 39° 40′ 14″ north
Longitude
66.98799° or 66° 59′ 17″ east
Open location code
8JF8MXCQ+55
Open­Street­Map ID
way 110296439
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­grassland
Wiki­data ID
Q2167520
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Afrasiyab” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أفراسياب”
  • Armenian: “Աֆրասիաբ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əfrasiyab”
  • Catalan: “Afrasiab”
  • Chinese: “阿夫拉西卜”
  • Chinese: “阿夫拉西阿卜城址”
  • Chinese: “阿弗拉西卜遗址”
  • Chinese: “阿弗拉西阿卜遗址”
  • Chinese: “阿弗拉西阿卜遺址”
  • French: “Afrasiab”
  • French: “Afrassiab”
  • Georgian: “აფრასიაბი”
  • German: “Afrasiab”
  • German: “Afrosiyob”
  • Hebrew: “אפרסיאב”
  • Indonesian: “Afrasiab”
  • Italian: “Afrasiab”
  • Japanese: “アフラシヤブ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Afrasiyab qorǵanı”
  • Kazakh: “Afrasïab qalası”
  • Kazakh: “Афрасиаб қаласы”
  • Kazakh: “افراسىياب قالاسى”
  • Kirghiz: “Афрасиаб”
  • Korean: “아프라시압”
  • Malay: “Afrasiab”
  • Persian: “افراسیاب (شهر)”
  • Persian: “افراسیاب”
  • Portuguese: “Afrassíabe (sítio arqueológico)”
  • Portuguese: “Afrassíabe”
  • Russian: “Афрасиаб”
  • Russian: “Городище Афросиаб”
  • Slovenian: “Afrasiab (Samarkand)”
  • Slovenian: “Afrasiab”
  • Spanish: “Afrasiab”
  • Tajik: “Manzilgohi qadimiji Afrosijob”
  • Tajik: “Афросиёб”
  • Tajik: “Манзилгоҳи қадимии Афросиёб”
  • Tatar: “Афрасиаб шәһәрчеге”
  • Turkish: “Afrasiyab”
  • Turkish: “Efrasiyab, Semerkand”
  • Ukrainian: “Афрасіаб”
  • Ukrainian: “Афросіаб”
  • Ukrainian: “Городище Афросіаб”
  • Uzbek: “Afrosiyob qal’asi”
  • Uzbek: “Afrosiyob”

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