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The Bibi-Khanym Mosque (Uzbek: Bibixonim masjidi; Persian: مسجد بی بی خانم; also variously spelled as Khanum, Khanom, Hanum, Hanim) is one of the most important monuments of Samarkand, Uzbekistan. In the 15th century, it was one of the largest and most magnificent mosques in the Islamic world.
Saray Mulk Khanum was born a princess of Moghulistan in c. 1341 to Qazan Khan ibn Yasaur, [5] [6] the last Khan of the Chagatai Khanate.Saray's grandfather was Khan Yasa'ur, her father's predecessor and a great-great-grandson of Chagatai Khan.
Bibi Ka Maqbara or Mausoleum of the Lady is the resting place of Dilras Bano Begam wife of Emperor Aurangzeb in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. Bahauddin Makbara , mausoleum of the Wazir of Junagadh , Mahabat Maqbara .
The Bibi Khanum Mosque, built between 1399 and 1405, was one of the largest mosques in the world when it was built and is named after Timur's wife, whose mausoleum stands across from it. Designed as a congregational mosque , it was entered via an imposing portal that leads to a large courtyard surrounded by four iwans , per the traditional ...
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Located immediately behind the Kok Gumbaz Mosque is the so-called “House of Meditation”, a mausoleum built by Ulugh Beg in 1438 but apparently never used for burials. Hazrat-i Imam Complex East of the Kok Gumbaz is another mausoleum complex called Dorus-Saodat (Seat of Power and Might), which contains the Tomb of Jehangir, Timur's eldest ...
Near the southern and main entrance of the bazaar are the Bibi-Khanum mosque and the mausoleum of the same name. The Shahi Zinda mausoleum ensemble and the Khazret-Khizr mosque are located 500 meters east of the bazaar. Afrasiab is also located two kilometers north of the bazaar.