The Ahmad Sanjar Mausoleum at Ancient Merv is regarded by many as a pearl of Islamic architeture: here we see the delicate stonework and moasics around the ambitious upper gallery of the structure. We are told that the Arabic inscription on the facade can be translated as: 'This place is enobled by the remains of the one who was called Sultan Sandzar from the descendents of the Turks-Seljuks. The was Alexander the Great of his time; he was the patron of sceintists and poets and was accepted by Islamic world in the state of prosperity and happiness owing to sciences and arts'.
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