The Namakdan, also called the salt cellar because of its shape, a 17th century building used as a hostel for visitors to the shrine, Gazar Gah, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Doorway at the shrine of Khwaja Abdulla Ansari, Sufi poet and philosopher born in Herat in 1006, Gazar Gah, Herat, Afghanistan, Asia

Timurid decoration, main Iwan of the interior courtyard, Sufi shrine of Gazargah, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Pilgrims in front of tomb of the 11th century Sufi poet Abdullah Ansari, courtyard, Sufi shrine of Gazargah, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Timurid decoration, main Iwan of the interior courtyard, Sufi shrine of Gazargah, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Detail of the hallway, Sufi shrine of Gazargah, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Sufi shrine of Gazargah, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Pilgrims at main entrance arch, Sufi shrine of Gazargah, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Pilgrims in the hallway, Sufi shrine of Gazargah, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia