AFGHANISTAN, Herat, "The Mousallah Complex, Gaur Shad 's Mausoleum Part of the Mousallah Complex which included the remains of an old madrassa built by Queen Gaur Shad in 1417, wife of Timurid ruler Shah Rukh, son of Tamerlane,. There were several minarets in this complex but six were demolished by British troops in 1885, 3 were destroyed by earthquakes There are 6 remaining minarets one stands by the mausoleum with a mortar hole in it, another one also near the mausoleum is partly destroyed and four stand marking the corners of the long gone Madrassa built by Sultan Husain Baiquara last of the Timurid rulers"
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AFGHANISTAN, Herat, "The Mousallah Complex, Gaur Shad 's Mausoleum Part of the Mousallah Complex which included the remains of an old madrassa built by Queen Gaur Shad in 1417, wife of Timurid ruler Shah Rukh, son of Tamerlane,. There were several minarets in this complex but six were demolished by British troops in 1885, 3 were destroyed by earthquakes There are 6 remaining minarets one stands by the mausoleum with a mortar hole in it, another one also near the mausoleum is partly destroyed and four stand marking the corners of the long gone Madrassa built by Sultan Husain Baiquara last of the Timurid rulers"

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Jane Sweeney eye ubiquitous / hutchison

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Photo12/Eye Ubiquitous

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UQS10A81_040

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53,1Mo (2,5Mo) / 44,7cm x 29,8cm / 5279 x 3518 (300dpi)

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