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Architectural Building Attractions In Samarqand Province

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Samarqand Region is one of the regions of Uzbekistan. It is located in the center of the country in the basin of Zarafshan River. It borders with Tajikistan, Navoiy Region, Jizzakh Region and Qashqadaryo Region. It covers an area of 16,773 km². The population is estimated to be around 3,651,700, with some 75% living in rural areas. Samarqand Region was established on January 15, 1938, and is divided into 14 administrative districts. The capital is Samarqand . Other major towns include Bulungur, Juma, Ishtikhon, Katta-Kurgan, Urgut, and Oqtosh. The climate is a typically arid continental climate. Samarkand is the second-largest center for economy, scie...
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  • 1. Gur Emir Mausoleum Samarkand
    The Gūr-i Amīr or Guri Amir , is a mausoleum of the Asian conqueror Timur in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. It occupies an important place in the history of Persian-Mongolian Architecture as the precursor and model for later great Mughal architecture tombs, including Gardens of Babur in Kabul, Humayun's Tomb in Delhi and the Taj Mahal in Agra, built by Timur's Persianised descendants, the ruling Mughal dynasty of North India. It has been heavily restored.
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  • 2. Arab-Ata Mausoleum Tim
    The Arab-Ata mausoleum is located in the village of Tim, Samarqand Region, Uzbekistan.
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  • 3. Ulugbek Madrasah Samarkand
    Mīrzā Muhammad Tāraghay bin Shāhrukh , better known as Ulugh Beg Uzbekistan), was a Timurid ruler as well as an astronomer, mathematician and sultan. His commonly known name is not truly a personal name, but rather a moniker, which can be loosely translated as Great Ruler and is the Turkic equivalent of Timur's Perso-Arabic title Amīr-e Kabīr. His real name was Mīrzā Mohammad Tāraghay bin Shāhrukh. Ulugh Beg was also notable for his work in astronomy-related mathematics, such as trigonometry and spherical geometry. He built the great Ulugh Beg Observatory in Samarkand between 1424 and 1429. It was considered by scholars to have been one of the finest observatories in the Islamic world at the time and the largest in Central Asia. He built the Ulugh Beg Madrasah in Samarkand and Bu...
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  • 4. Saint Daniel's Tomb Samarkand
    Walī is an Arabic word whose literal meanings include custodian, protector, helper, and friend. In the vernacular, it is most commonly used by Muslims to indicate an Islamic saint, otherwise referred to by the more literal friend of God. In the traditional Islamic understanding of saints, the saint is portrayed as someone marked by [special] divine favor ... [and] holiness, and who is specifically chosen by God and endowed with exceptional gifts, such as the ability to work miracles. The doctrine of saints was articulated by Islamic scholars very early on in Muslim history, and particular verses of the Quran and certain hadith were interpreted by early Muslim thinkers as documentary evidence of the existence of saints. Graves of saints around the Muslim world became centers of pilgrimage ...
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