Afrasiyab
Afrasiyab is a ruins in Uzbekistan. Afrasiyab is situated nearby to the archaeological site Kuhandiz, as well as near the bus station Obi Rakhmat.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Afrasiyab and Ulughbek Observatory.
Afrasiyab
Grassland
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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. Afrasiyab is situated 650 metres southeast of Afrasiyab.
Ulughbek Observatory
Observatory
Photo: PetarM, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Ulughbek Observatory is situated 1½ km east of 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. Bibi Khanym is situated 1½ km south of Afrasiyab.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jewish mahalla and Samarkand.
Samarkand
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Afrasiyab
- Type: Ruins
- Category: historic site
- Location: Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.67584° or 39° 40′ 33″ northLongitude
66.98501° or 66° 59′ 6″ eastOpen location code
8JF8MXGP+82OpenStreetMap ID
way 1122912703OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
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In Other Languages
“Afrasiyab” goes by many names.
- Russian: “Афрасиаб”
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