Window of Bibi-Khanym Mosque, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
The mosque Bibi-Khanym Mosqueââ¬Å½; Uzbek: Bibi-Xonim masjidi; Russian: ÃÅõÃâ¡ÃµÃâÃÅ ÃâøñøÃâ¦Ã°Ã½Ãâ¹Ã¼; also: Khanum / Khanom / Hanum / Chanym / Hanim, etc. is one of the most important monuments of Samarkand. In the 15th century it was one of the largest and most magnificent mosques in the Islamic world. By the mid-20th century only a grandiose ruin of it still survived, but major parts of the mosque were restored during the Soviet period.
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