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Nature
2 km away
Pskem Valley
Long mountain valley of the Pskem river in Bostanliq district, running up from Charvak reservoir between ridges that rise above 4,000 m.
Shaykh Umar Bogistoni Mausoleum
Shrine in Bogiston village, Bostanliq district, of the 13th-century Sufi Shaykh Umar and his son Shaykh Khovendi at-Tahur; on the national list since 2019.
Mausoleums
About the place
Shaykh Umar Bogistoni was a Sufi who was buried in the 13th century in Bogiston, a village in the Bostanliq mountains north-east of Tashkent. He was the father of Shaykh Khovendi at-Tahur, better known as Shaykhontohur, the patron saint of Tashkent whose own shrine stands in the city.
The mausoleum over his grave is a local place of pilgrimage and has been on the national heritage list since 2019; the date of the present building is not firmly established. It is an easy stop on the road to Chorvoq and the Chimgan mountains. Dress modestly and allow around half an hour.
Why go
- Father of Tashkent's patron saint
- Village shrine in the mountains
- On the road to Chorvoq
Nearby
Nature6 km away
Charvak Lake
A large mountain reservoir formed by a dam in the 1970s, ringed by foothills, beaches and summer resorts, about 80 km from Tashkent.
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13 km away
Khojakent Petroglyphs
Rock carvings on the left bank of the Chirchik at Khojakent, about 70 km from Tashkent, the oldest from the 4th–3rd millennium BC.
Ensembles14 km away
Obi-Rakhmat Grotto
A shallow mountain cave 100 km north-east of Tashkent where Neanderthals lived, with layers of stone tools at least 50,000 years old.
