and the outer cupola. This dome construction allowed the main hall of the mosque to be committed to the proportions and the aesthetics of the 30 m high interior above the mihrab. Meanwhile, the 40 m high outer dome of the main building could be designed for maximal impression and visibility. This scheme was applied also to the lateral dome structures that allowed making modest buildings the figuration tower-like structures with elegant melon-shaped and longitudinally ribbed outer domes. The interiors of the mosque contain gilding, imitating local brocade embroideries. Bibi-Khanym mosque was one of the most ambitious architectural projects of the Timurid period and influenced the architecture of Central Asia as well as of Iran and Afghanistan. Gallery See also Gur-e Amir Shah-i-Zinda Registan Tourism in Uzbekistan History of Persian domes References External links Bibi-Khanym Mosque photos and information 360° view of the Mosque Location of the Mosque Square Kufic on the Bibi Khanum Mosque Buildings and structures completed in 1404 15th-century mosques Mosques in Uzbekistan Buildings and structures in Samarkand Timurid Empire