Images of Samarkand - courtesy of Florian Schwarz



11th c. Minaret in the Qusam ibn Abbas Mausoleum, Shah-i Zinda

Abd-i Darun Mosque (15th c.)

Abd-i Darun Mosque (15th c.)

Madrasa of Khwaja Ahrar (15-16th c.)

Ishratkhana (15th c.)

Shah-i Zinda

Shah-i Zinda

Dahbid (near Samarkand), Shrine of the Dahbidi Naqshbandi Sufis (16th c.)

Dahbid (near Samarkand), Tomb at the Dahbidi shrine

Ribat-i Malik, a caravanserai between Samarqand and Bukhara (11th c.)