AFGHANISTAN Balkh Mother of Cities Detail of Shrine of Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa
Built by Sultan Husayn Bayqara in late Timurid style in the 15th Century and dedicated to a famous theologian who died in Balkh in 1460 The dome was badly damaged in an earthquake in the 1990 s and hit by rocket during factional fighting in 2003
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Photo credit: © Jane Sweeney / Alamy / Afripics
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