EnsemblesUnder 1 km awayUNESCO World Heritage
Hazrat Khizr Mosque
A small mosque on a hill between Afrasiyab and the old city, with painted wooden porches and a view over Bibi-Khanym and Siab Bazaar.
Makhsum Bobo Mausoleum
A small 19th-century brick tomb of a revered holy man at the entrance to the Hazrat Khizr cemetery, on the edge of Afrasiab in Samarkand.
Mausoleums19th century
About the place
Makhsum Bobo, "Grandfather Makhsum", was a holy man born in Fergana in the 18th century who lived to 97 and spent part of his life in Samarkand near the Hazrat Khizr mosque. After his death his body was brought here, probably at his own wish, and this tomb was built over it in the 19th century.
The building stands a few metres east of the Hazrat Khizr mosque, at the main entrance to one of the oldest cemeteries in the city. It is a one-storey brick building with two domed rooms, a tomb chamber and a small cell for retreat, joined by an arch; it belongs to the UNESCO-listed Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures.
Why go
- A small domed tomb by the Hazrat Khizr mosque
- At the gate of an old Samarkand cemetery
- Easy to see on the way to Shah-i-Zinda
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Nearby
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MausoleumsUnder 1 km away
Mausoleum of Islam Karimov
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MausoleumsUnder 1 km away
Nuriddin Basir Mausoleum
A shrine built in 1997 in the Hazrat Khizr cemetery of Samarkand over the reburied grave of a blind 13th-century sheikh.
BazaarsUnder 1 km awayUNESCO World Heritage
Siab Bazaar
Samarkand's main food market, next to Bibi-Khanym, known for its round stamped bread, dried fruit, nuts and spices.