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Sheikh Hovendi at-Tahur Mausoleum (Sheikhantaur)
The fourteenth-century tomb of Tashkent's Sufi saint Sheikh Hovendi at-Tahur, with a tall dome and blue majolica tiles, in a memorial complex in the city centre.
Sheikhantaur Complex
A group of tombs and mosques in central Tashkent around the grave of the 14th-century Sufi Sheikh Hovendi at-Tahur, with mausoleums from the 15th century.
Mausoleums14th–20th centuriesAbout 40 minutes to see
About the place
Sheikh Hovendi at-Tahur, a sayyid whose family came from Bogistan in the hills, travelled across Mawarannahr before settling in Tashkent, where he died around 1355. His tomb, built under the Timurids, still holds the trunk of an ancient tree that grew by his grave. At the end of the 15th century the mausoleums of Kaldirgochbiy and of Yunus Khan, ruler of Moghulistan, were added nearby.
Later came a madrasa in 1892 and the Aurat mosque with a minaret in 1908–1910. The complex stands in the centre of Tashkent, in the block between Alisher Navoi, Shaykhontohur and Abdulla Qodiriy streets.
Why go
- Three medieval mausoleums close together
- An ancient tree trunk kept beside the saint's grave
- In the city centre, easy to combine with a walk
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Nearby
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MausoleumsUnder 1 km away
Kaldirgochbiy Mausoleum
A 15th-century brick tomb with an unusual pyramid-shaped dome, the oldest surviving building in Tashkent, beside the Sheikh Khovendi Tahur complex.
MausoleumsUnder 1 km away
Yunus Khan Mausoleum
A 15th-century Timurid-era mausoleum of the Moghul ruler Yunus Khan, Babur's grandfather, standing near the Sheikhantaur cemetery area.
AttractionsUnder 1 km away
Youth Theatre of Uzbekistan
A Tashkent theatre founded in 1928 as the Russian Theatre of the Young Spectator, now staging plays for both young and adult audiences.