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Bibi Khanum, Samarkand, 1995 #228881979
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The Bibi-Khanum mosque complex in Samarkand,15th Century. Constructed by Timur,known as Tamerlane the Great,in commemoration of his favourite wife Bibi-Khanum. At the time it was one of the largest and most magnificent mosques in the Islamic world. A rare photo,it precedes the restoration work of the 1990s,after the neglect in the Soviet period.