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Rukhobod Mausoleum

A plain brick mausoleum of a fourteenth-century Sufi sheikh, close to Gur-e-Amir and one of the older buildings in the city.

MausoleumsUNESCO World Heritage14th centuryAbout 15 minutes to see

About the place

Rukhobod, "abode of the spirit", marks the grave of Sheikh Burhan ad-Din Sagharji, a Sufi teacher. It was built before Timur's great projects and has almost no tile decoration, which makes it a useful contrast with the buildings around it.

A legend says a hair of the Prophet is kept here. The mausoleum stands in a small garden on the way between Gur-e-Amir and the Registan, and some of its rooms are used by craft sellers.

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