Imami A'zam Grand Mosque

The mosque is named after the neighborhood, which is known as the birthplace of the famous Samarkand bread.

Ulughbek (1394 – 1449) was grandson of Timur, and at age 16 he was appointed governor of Samarkand. A cultured talented fellow, he built the Ulughbek Madressa in Registan, and then this observatory. Astronomy in that era was by naked eye, but you could improve observation with a big sighting-line, and he built a whopper, the Fakhri sextant of radius of 36 m. He catalogued over 1000 stars and computed the earth's rotations and tilt with unprecedented accuracy. Meanwhile his 13 wives were busy discussing his shortcomings, the region rebelled, and he was defeated in battle by his oldest son Abdal-Latif Mirza. He was graciously permitted to leave for pilgrimage to Mecca, but Abdal-Latif made sure he didn't get far. The observatory was destroyed at the same time, and its underground portion was only re-discovered in 1908.

A Shiite shrine and new mosque, where local Iranians live. The interior of the mausoleum is similar to Shiite shrines and mosques in Iran and Iraq, and is truly stunning. It is home to the burial of one of the sons of the 7th (Musa al-Kazim) of the 12 Imams, named Sayyid Ibrahim ibn Musa al-Kazim. Admission is free.

This was the earlier site of Samarkand, occupied from 500 BC until 1220 AD when the Mongols smashed it. It's within a triangle of mud-brick walls, each over 1 km long, and most of it is a bare vista of ditches and hummocks. The museum displays murals, ceramics and other artifacts recovered from the site.

Opened in 2022, a very beautiful tourist complex near a large Samarkand Rowing Canal, about 10 km east of the historical center of Samarkand. The Eternal City is an island with buildings built in an authentic style, including shopping pavilions and restaurants. The Eternity Square features a stage in the shape of Ulughbek's Observatory, as well as fast food outlets and amusement rides. Visitors can also enjoy boating and gondola rides on the canal. Additionally, there is a Quran Museum located within the complex. the place is really very instagrammable. There are several five-star skyscraper hotels around the complex, which are part of the Silk Road Samarkand tourist complex.

The Prophet Daniel is a mythical figure, and the Biblical Book of Daniel is thought to be a jibe against Antiochus IV Epiphanes, who persecuted the Jews in the 2nd century BC - with just enough disguise for its authors to escape imperial wrath. Six cities claim to have Daniel's tomb, and pride of place goes to Susa in Iran. The Samarkand tomb and shrine is along the north wall of Afrosiab but outside that ticketed area.