Mausoleum of Kusam Ibn Abbas, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
One of the mausoleums in the necropolis of Shāh-i Zindah in Samarkand is that of Kusam ibn Abbas, a cousin of Mohammad. This is in Uzbekistan. Shakhi Zinda is the burial place of royal persons and nobles. But the main mausoleum from which the necropolis starts seems to be the imaginary grave of Prophet Muhammad’s cousin, Kusam ibn Abbas.
The complex was called “Shakhi Zinda” that means in Persian “The Living King”. He was one of those who preached Islam in that region. Later the Complex became an important pilgrimage centre that was revered by the people as sacred.
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