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Chashmai Ayub Khazira (Vobkent)

A shrine in Vobkent district built in 1208–1209 over the grave of an 11th-century hadith scholar, linked by legend to the prophet Job and a spring.

Mausoleums1208–1209

About the place

The shrine was built in 1208–1209 by Abdulaziz II, of the Burhanid family that governed Bukhara, over the grave of the hadith scholar Abu Sa'd al-Kharjushi, who died in 1017. Scholars think the same master built the Vobkent minaret. In the Middle Ages a dervish lodge and a mosque stood here.

The surviving brick portal is decorated with terracotta and a muqarnas cornice, and the hadith written on it is among the oldest in Central Asian buildings. Local stories say the prophet Job (Ayub) rested here and a healing spring appeared where he struck the ground.

Why go

  • One of the oldest hadith inscriptions in Central Asia
  • Possibly by the builder of the Vobkent minaret
  • A local pilgrimage place with a spring legend

Sources (3)

  1. 1.Wikidata
  2. 2.uz.wikipedia.org
  3. 3.openstreetmap.org

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