The Char Bakr Necropolis

An understated beauty, a final resting place for Sayid Abu Bakr, family members and some Sufi dervishes. Throw in later additions of a mosque, madrasa and khanagha and you have a full-blown pilgrimage complex. The place is reminiscent of the similar Shah-i Zinda in Samarkand, minus a bunch of blue tile and crowds.

Clean lines, blue skies and no one around.

Tombs and tile work.

Twin mosques. And a cute, short minaret.

The view inside a newly-restored mosque. Prayer lantern.

More tombs, craggy trees and the mosques in the background, a nice, moody mix.