AFGHANISTAN Balkh Mother of Cities Detail of turquoise glazed tiles on 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
Size: 3518px × 5279px
Photo credit: © Jane Sweeney / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: abu, afgani, afghan, afghani, afghanistan, ancient, archaeolists, archaeological, archaeology, archeolists, archeological, architectural, architecture, asia, asian, balkh, building, buildings, cities, destination, edifice, edifices, historic, historical, history, holiday, islam, islamic, khwaja, landmark, monuments, mother, muslim, nasr, parsa, place, religious, ruin, ruins, scholars, shrine, site, sites, structures, timurid, timurids, tourism, travel, traveled, traveling, travelled, travelling, vacation, worship
