Khoja Zayniddin Mosque and Khanqah

This small ensemble in the south-west part of the old city dates from the first half of the sixteenth century and is named after Khoja Zayniddin, who built it. It consists of a mosque-khanqah on a brick platform and a pool. Under one roof are the prayer hall, the tomb of the founder, a school room and cells for pilgrims; the tomb sits in a niche on the side street, marked by the poles traditionally set over saints' graves.

The main facade has a portal with a deep five-sided niche, and porches on wooden columns with carved stalactite capitals run along two sides. Inside, mosaic panels line the lower walls, and above them the walls, mihrab and dome are covered in raised kundal painting with gilding. A new marble water spout was fitted during repairs in 1913.

• Painted and gilded kundal interior up to the dome
• Porches with carved stalactite capitals
• A sixteenth-century Sufi lodge beside a pool