Shah-i Zindah, Samarqand, Uzbekistan
The Shah-i Zinda necropolis is a complex containing tombs and mausolea built between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries, centered around Qusam's, first cousin of the Prophet Muhammad, mausoleum. Timur buried many of his female family members at Shar-i Zinda. Ulugh Beg built a monumental gateway, and a series of terraces in 1434-1435.
Wall pattern 1
Transliteration of the kufic in the pattern.
يا سميع
ya Samie
يا بصير
ya Basir
الله
Allah
(twice)
Wall pattern 2
يا الله يا منعم
Wall pattern 3
Transliteration of the kufic in the pattern.
يا رحمن
ya Rahman
Design detail on wall
Transliteration of the kufic in the pattern.
الله ربي
Allah rabbi
نبي محمد
nabi Muhammad
Design detail on wall
This square comes from above the entrance to the anonymous mausoleum of 1361.
The complete Surah 112, al-Ikhlas.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
قل هو الله
أحد اللَه
الصَمد لمْ يلد ولم
يولد ولم يكن له
كفوا أحد
bismillahi rahmani rahim, qul huwa Allah ahad, Allah alssamad, lam yalid walam yoolad, walam yakun lahu kufuwan ahad