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Afghanistan,Balkh. Man on donkey,walls of old city Balkh in the background,northern Afghanistan. The mud walls of the Bala Hissar (fort) at Balkh are mostly Timurid period (1370-1506) in date but are built on early,part Kushan-era foundations. The Timurids extended the walls to a circumference of about 10km and,in places they still stand at 20 metres high
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Gur-e-Mir,a mausoleum commissioned by Timur and completed in 1404AD for his grandson and heir Muhammed Sultan who died campaigning. A year later,Timur died and was interred alongside Muhammed.
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The Shah I Zandah Necropolis, built on the southern slopes of Afrasaib Hill over a period of 900 years from 11th to 19th centuries. It developed around the tomb of Kusam ibn Abbas, a cousin and companion of the Prophet who was with the first Arab armies in Transoxiana and died at Samarkand in 677.
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Vector map of Jakarta with named districts and travel icons
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