Bibi-Khanym Mosque

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by Шухрат Саъдиев

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Bibi-Khanym Mosque, located in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, is one of the most important architectural monuments of the Timurid Empire. Constructed between 1399 and 1404 by order of the conqueror Timur (Tamerlane), the mosque was intended to be the grandest and most magnificent building of its time. Named after Timur's beloved wife, Bibi-Khanym, the mosque features a large courtyard surrounded by majestic iwans and a massive dome that was once among the largest in the Islamic world.

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