🏛️ Kunya-Urgench: Northern section: Najm-ad-Din al-Kubra Mausoleum complex
UNESCO-listed Sufi shrine and architectural ensemble in northern Turkmenistan
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- Part of Kunya-Urgench UNESCO World Heritage Site (inscribed 2005)
- Dedicated to Najm-ad-Din al-Kubra (1145–1221), prominent Sufi mystic and theologian
- Located in Ahal Region, northern Turkmenistan, near the Turkmenistan–Uzbekistan border
- Comprises central mausoleum with dome, subsidiary shrines, and courtyard structures
The Najm-ad-Din al-Kubra Mausoleum complex forms the northern focal point of Kunya-Urgench, an ancient city on the Amu ...