The Shah-i Zinda complex includes shrines and ritual buildings dating back to the eleventh, fifteenth and nineteenth centuries. The name of the teacher Shah Zinda, which means "the living king", is associated with a local legend, as it is said that Qutham bin Abbas, cousin of the Prophet Muhammad came to Samarkand with the Arab invasion in the seventeenth century to invite people to Islam, and it is said that his head was cut off as a result, but he did not die His head was taken and he was placed in the well of the compound, where he still lives until now. This complex is visited by locals and tourists alike for the beauty of its architecture and for its rich and long history.