Shah-i-Zinda Ensemble temple

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The Shah-i-Zinda Ensemble includes mausoleums and other ritual buildings of 9-14th and 19th centuries. The legend says that Kusam ibn Abbas, the cousin of the prophet Muhammad was buried there

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The Shah-i-Zinda Ensemble includes mausoleums and other ritual buildings of 9-14th and 19th centuries. The legend says that Kusam ibn Abbas, the cousin of the prophet Muhammad was buried there
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