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Another view of - Shakhi-Zinda (Shrine of the Living King) in north east section of Samarkand - This complex was built over several centuries. - from the 10th on, but most remaining are from the 14th and 15th centuries. Here are burried military commanders, female relatives of Tamerlane and others. The building on the left is on top of the ruin of the old city wall.

  
     

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