Balkh, Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa Mosque 1460 to 1598 - History of Islamic Architecture (sitios de interés)
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This marker is part of an extended History of Islamic Architecture
Balkh, Afghanistan Khvaja Abu Nasr Parsa Mosque and Tomb 1460 to 1598 Safavid
Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa (d. 1460) was a spiritual leader of the Naqshbandi order and a theological lecturer in Herat. Golombek and Wilber have identified an unmarked tombstone in front of the portal as the khwaja's grave marker.
Badly damaged (partly restored 1975) the front ivan must have once rivaled the Timurid madresas in Samarkand. Two tiled spiral columns flank the entry ivan
The Spiral column after the last restoration in 1975