Перевод: bibi-khanym and the origin of the muslim veil almost seven centuries ago in central asia there lived a great king called tamerlane. he was a very powerful soldier wanted day to rule and he atlantic one a great empire stretching form the ocean in the west to the pacific ocean in the east he made his capital in the oasis city samarkand which he planned to make the most beautiful cit on erth. many mo were built, with blue ceramic tiles outside and gold inside. tamerlane's wife bibi-khan ym was the most beautiful and the most important of all his wives. she was deeply in with him. in to show her love to amerlane love she decided to build a magnificent mosque to him when he was away fighting in distant war. she found the best architect who designed the most magnificent could imagine. and then she found the best master-builder one began the work immediately. who fall as the weeks and days passed by the master builder began to in love with her. him he threatened to leave the mosque unfinished unless she let kiss her just once. bibi-khanym wanted the mosque to be finished and at last she let him kiss her once. but that was her terrible mistake, because the master-builder's love was so big that when he kissed her he left a permanent mark on her face. king tamerlane returned and saw his wife's face. so, the master-builder was executed immediately. and then thinking that a woman's beauty can be a dangerous thing, tamerlane ordered that from that day all the women in the kingdom should never be seen in public without a veil, that covers their face.