Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa Shrine, Balkh, Afghanistan

The Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa Shrine in Balkh, is thought to have been built for Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa (died CE 1460), who was a spiritual leader of the Naqshbandi order in Sufism and a theological lecturer in Herat, but there is no historical proof that the shrine was dedicated to him. The date CE 1598 written on the drum of the building is certainly from a restoration as the building itself is clearly from the Timurid period.

Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa Shrine, Balkh, Afghanistan

Iwan wall patterns

Wall pattern from the Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa Shrine

Wall pattern from the Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa Shrine

الحمد لله

al-Hamd lillahi

Wall pattern from the Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa Shrine

Wall pattern from the Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa Shrine

الله

Allah

References

ArchNet - Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa Shrine