The Shah-i-Zinda is a funerary complex, located on the south side of the Afrasiyab hill in the city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

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The Shah-i-Zinda (lit. "the Living King") is a funerary complex, located on the south side of the Afrasiyab hill in the city of Samarkand. The focal point of the complex is the shrine of Qusam b. Abbas, a cousin of the Prophet Muhammad, who was reportedly beheaded on a site near Samarqand's wall during the seventh-century Arab conquests of Transoxania.

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Location: Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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