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Shah-i Zinda Necropolis, Samarkand

شاهد زند

Samarqand

Draft card for the Shah-i Zinda necropolis in Samarkand — the Timurid burial complex said to lead toward the tomb of Qutham ibn Abbas; eighty inscriptions recorded in the Islamic Epigraphy Thesaurus, mostly epitaphs, funerary texts and religious inscriptions dating from the eighth to tenth centuries AH.

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Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia
Identifiers
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Samarqand

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Samarqand

People and things also explored

Battle of Qatwan· Battle of Samarkand (1598)· Battle of Samarkand (1613)· Capture of Samarkand· Qutayba's Expedition and Conquest of Samarkand· Qutham ibn al-Abbas's Death at Samarqand· Qutayba's Conquest of Samarqand· Al-Sam'ani's first great hadith journey, 529-538/1135-1143

Sources

  • Thesaurus d'Epigraphie Islamique (University of Liege / Fondation Max van Berchem)
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islam.museum contributors. “Shah-i Zinda Necropolis, Samarkand”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/shah-i-zinda/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-08.

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