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Samarkand #46542086
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The grave at the Kusam ibn Abbas mausoleum at the Shah-i-Zinda, Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Shah-i-Zinda is a necropolis in the north-eastern part of Samarkand. It includes mausoleums and other ritual buildings of 9-14th and 19th centuries. 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.
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