AFGHANISTAN Mother of Cities Balkh Shrine of Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa Local girl Built by Sultan Husayn Bayqara in late Timurid style in the 5th Century and dedicated to a famous theologian who died in Balkh in 1460. The dome was badly damaged in an earthquake in the 1990s and hit by rocket during factional fighting in 2003
AFGHANISTAN Mother of Cities Balkh Shrine of Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa Local girl Built by Sultan Husayn Bayqara in late Timurid style in the 5th Century and dedicated to a famous theologian who died in Balkh in 1460. The dome was badly damaged in an earthquake in the 1990s and hit by rocket during factional fighting in 2003