SHAKHRISABZ
Shakhrisabz is founded more than 2700 years ago. Formerly
known as Kesh translated as “Heart Pleasing”it was part of the Achaemenid
Empire. Alexander the Great’s general Ptolemy captured the satrap of Bactria
and pretender to the Persian throne, Bessus at Nautaca thus, ending the once
great Achaemenid Empire.
Alexander the Great chose to spend his winters here
and met his wife Roxanna in the era between 328-327 BC. Shakhrisabz was the
birthplace of Amir Temur on 9th April 1336 to the family of a minor local chief and during the early
years of the Temurid Dynasty , enjoyed its considerable patronage.Temur
regarded Shakhrisabz as his “hometown” and planned it eventually to be the
Temurid period, the center of activity shifted to Samarkand instead and Temur
was never buried in Shakhrsabz.
Shakhrisabz which means “Green City” in Persian was later
conquered by Abdulla Khan II in 1556, the city was later became part of Karshi
province of the Khanate Bukhara.
Shakhrisabz’s medieval complex Ak Saray marked an inedible
impression reliving to the journey of the magnificent historical past of
Shakhrisabz.
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