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Gawhar Shad Madrasa
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Musalla complex, Herat
Timurid Musalla complex of Gawhar Shah, wife of Shah Rukh, consisting of madrasas, mausoleum, a mosque and minarets. Badly damaged in the 19th and 20th cent., and partially restored. -
Gawhar Shad Mosque
Timurid friday Mosque of Gawhar Shad. Destroyed by Afghan-British troops in 1885. -
Sultan Hussain Baiqara Building Complex
Timurid madrasa, marked only today by the four extant minarets, and the ruins of a mausoleum to the west. -
Kuhandaz - Tall-e Bangiyan
Achaemenid settlement. Probable site of Artacoana, the oldest urban site of Herat. Today a mound of 3,7 ha, corresponding to an enclosed cemetery.