File:Askhab Mausoleums, Merv, Turkmenistan 2019.jpg

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English: Askhab Mausoleums and Iwans (built 9th-12th centuries, rebuilt 15th-16th centuries)

The Askhab Mausoleums are a Timurid-era shrine in Merv dedicated to two of the Prophet Muhammad's earliest companions, Abu Dhar al-Ghifari and Abu Buraidah al-Aslami, among the earliest converts to Islam. Taking the form of two side-by-side iwans (monumental portals), the monuments were likely first built in the Seljuq era (9th-12th centuries) but were subsequently destroyed in the Mongol invasions of the early 13th century. The Timurids rebuilt them in the 15th or 16th centuries.

Iwans were often used by the Timurids as the entrances to monumental buildings such as mosques or madrasas, but here they serve instead as free-standing backdrops to the two small mausolea that stand in front of them.
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Camera location37° 39′ 11.2″ N, 62° 10′ 16.73″ E  Heading=30.370941165067° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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