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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.

Mausoleums14th century

About the place

Sheikh Hovendi at-Tahur was born in the late thirteenth century in Bogiston, near today's Charvak lake, into a family of sayyids, and died in Tashkent around 1360. His tomb was built soon after, though its appearance has changed many times; the city district of Shaykhontohur is named after him.

It is a small brick building with dark blue majolica tiles and a tall dome, restored in the nineteenth century and now sheathed in metal against the weather; inside, the trunk of a very old tree seems to grow from the floor. Other tombs stand around it, among them those of Yunus Khan and Qaldirgochbiy. The complex lies in the block between Alisher Navoi, Shaykhontohur and Abdulla Qodiriy streets.

Why go

  • Tomb of the saint who gave his name to Shaykhontohur
  • Ancient tree trunk inside the mausoleum
  • Next to the tombs of Yunus Khan and Qaldirgochbiy

Sources (5)

  1. 1.Wikidata
  2. 2.en.wikipedia.org
  3. 3.ru.wikipedia.org
  4. 4.uz.wikipedia.org
  5. 5.openstreetmap.org

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    A 15th-century brick tomb with an unusual pyramid-shaped dome, the oldest surviving building in Tashkent, beside the Sheikh Khovendi Tahur complex.

  • Sheikhantaur ComplexMausoleums

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    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.

  • Yunus Khan MausoleumMausoleums

    Under 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.