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Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi

Timur's unfinished turquoise-domed shrine to a Sufi poet, a World Heritage site and a great place of pilgrimage.

Photo: Petar Milošević · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Timur's unfinished turquoise-domed shrine to a Sufi poet, a World Heritage site and a great place of pilgrimage.

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