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Samarkand, Uzbekistan 19 March 2012
View of a snow-covered Shah-i-Zinda necropolis.
The Shah-i-Zinda Ensemble includes mausoleums and other ritual buildings of 9-14th and 19th centuries.
The name Shah-i-Zinda (meaning "The living king") is connected with the legend that Kusam ibn Abbas, the cousin of the prophet Muhammad was buried there.
He came to Samarkand with the Arab invasion in the 7th century to preach Islam. Popular legends speak that he was beheaded for his faith. But he took his head and went into the Garden of Paradise, where he's still living now.
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
Samarkand, Uzbekistan 19 March 2012
View of a snow-covered Shah-i-Zinda necropolis.
The Shah-i-Zinda Ensemble includes mausoleums and other ritual buildings of 9-14th and 19th centuries.
The name Shah-i-Zinda (meaning "The living king") is connected with the legend that Kusam ibn Abbas, the cousin of the prophet Muhammad was buried there.
He came to Samarkand with the Arab invasion in the 7th century to preach Islam. Popular legends speak that he was beheaded for his faith. But he took his head and went into the Garden of Paradise, where he's still living now.
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
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