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The Samanid mausoleum is located in the historical urban nucleus of the city of Bukhara
Bukhara

Bukhara , also spelled as Bukhoro and Bokhara, from the Soghdian ?uxarak , is the Capital of the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan. The nation's fifth-largest city, it has a population of 237,900 ....
, in a park laid out on the site of an ancient cemetery. This mausoleum, one of the most esteemed sights of Central Asia
Central Asia

Central Asia is a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east, and from southern Russia in the north to northern India in the south....
n architecture, was built in the 9th (10th) century (between 892
892

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 and 943
943

EventsBy PlaceEurope* King Constantine II of Scotland retires and becomes a monk, succeeded by his cousin Malcolm I of Scotland....
) as the resting-place of Ismail Samani - the founder of the Samanid dynasty, the last Persian dynasty to rule in Central Asia, which held the city in the 9th and 10th centuries.






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The Samanid mausoleum is located in the historical urban nucleus of the city of Bukhara
Bukhara

Bukhara , also spelled as Bukhoro and Bokhara, from the Soghdian ?uxarak , is the Capital of the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan. The nation's fifth-largest city, it has a population of 237,900 ....
, in a park laid out on the site of an ancient cemetery. This mausoleum, one of the most esteemed sights of Central Asia
Central Asia

Central Asia is a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east, and from southern Russia in the north to northern India in the south....
n architecture, was built in the 9th (10th) century (between 892
892

Events...
 and 943
943

EventsBy PlaceEurope* King Constantine II of Scotland retires and becomes a monk, succeeded by his cousin Malcolm I of Scotland....
) as the resting-place of Ismail Samani - the founder of the Samanid dynasty, the last Persian dynasty to rule in Central Asia, which held the city in the 9th and 10th centuries. Although in the first instance the Samanids were Governors of Khorasan
Khorasan

Khorasan Khorasan is famous world wide for its saffron and Berberis#Zereshk which are produced in the southern cities of the province. Production is more than 170 tons per year....
 and Transoxiana
Transoxiana

Transoxiana is the ancient name used for the portion of Central Asia corresponding approximately with modern-day Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and southwest Kazakhstan....
 under the suzerainty of the Abbasid Caliphate, the dynasty soon established virtual independence from Baghdad
Baghdad

Baghdad is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous. With a municipal population estimated at 6.5 million, it is the largest city in Iraq, and the second largest city in the Arab World....
.

For many years the lower part of the mausoleum remained under a two-meter high layer of sediment. Now the foundation has been cleared of these obstacles and the mausoleum, fully restored, is open for observation from all sides as was initially planned by the builders.

The monument marks a new era in the development of Central Asian architecture, which was revived after the Arab
Arab

An Arab is a person who Identity as such on linguistic or cultural grounds. The plural form, Arabs , refers to the Ethnocultural group at large....
 conquest of the region. The architects continued to use an ancient tradition of baked brick construction, but to a much higher standard than had been seen before. The construction and artistic details of the brickwork (), are still enormously impressive, and display traditional features dating back to pre-Islamic culture.

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  • Lyab-i Hauz
    Lyab-i Hauz

    Lyab-i Hauz , or Lyab-i Khauz, is the name of the area surrounding one of the few remaining hauz that have survived in the city of Bukhara....
  • Po-i-Kalyan
    Po-i-Kalyan

    The title Po-i-Kalyan , which means "The foot of the Great", belongs to the architectural complex located at the foot of the great Kalyan minaret in Bukhara, Uzbekistan....
  • Tourism in Uzbekistan
    Tourism in Uzbekistan

    Uzbekistan is a country with vast underused capabilities in tourism. The cities of Central Asia were the main points of trade on the Silk Road, linking Eastern world and Western worlds....


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