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amir
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ruler
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barchan
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crescent-shaped sand dune
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burj
|
tower
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chartaq
|
4-piered building
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dagal gardi
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looters
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dasht
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flat plain covered with stone
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hammam
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bathhouse
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hamun
|
lake
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imam
|
Islamic holy man
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iwan
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room open at one end
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jui
|
canal
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Kufic
|
elaborate Islamic form of writing
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madrassa
|
Islamic religious school
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malik
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ruler/king
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mastaba
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platform building
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mihrab
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central worship spot of a mosque
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minbar
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raised platform for prayer in a mosque
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ostraca
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inscribed potsherds
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pakhsa
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packed mud
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qala
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fortress
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qibla
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main focus area of a mosque
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rustaq
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rural estate
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stupa
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round Buddhist structure
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tamga
|
identifying mark on a ceramic piece
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tandur
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oven
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tepe
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mounded site
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yardang
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wind-eroded pillar of soil
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ziyarat
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Islamic pilgrimage site
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