Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Historic Centre of Bukhara' has mentioned 'Region' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| People have inhabited the region around Bukhara for at least five millennia, and the city has existed for half that time. | WIKI |
| The minarets of the region were possible adaptations of "fire-towers" or lighthouses of previous Zoroastrian eras. | WIKI |
| His father named him in honor of prominent sheikh of the 15th century Ubaidullah al-Ahrar (1404xe2x80x931490), by origin from Tashkent Region. | WIKI |
| The current edifice at the site was constructed during the reign of Timur, and features a Khwarazm-style conical dome that is otherwise uncommon in the region. | WIKI |
| It was built in the 9th century (between 892 and 943) as the resting-place of Ismail Samanixe2x80x94the founder of the Samanid dynasty, which was the last native Persian dynasty to rule the region in the 9th to 10th centuries, after the Samanids established virtual independence from the Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad. | WIKI |
| The building's facade is covered in intricately decorated brick work, which features circular patterns reminiscent of the sunxe2x80x94a common image in Zoroastrian art from the region at that time which is reminiscent of the Zoroastrian god, Ahura Mazda, who is typically represented by fire and light. | WIKI |
| The syncretic style of the shrine is reflective of the 9th to 10th centuriesxe2x80x94a time when the region still had large populations of Zoroastrians who had begun to convert to Islam around that time. | WIKI |