Sultan Uvays Bobo Shrine

The shrine honours Uvays al-Qarani, a 7th-century Yemeni follower of the Prophet's time, known in Khorezm as Sultan Bobo; he is buried in Syria, and this is a symbolic tomb. Pottery shows the site was already holy in the 10th century, and the buildings standing now, a rectangular group of domed tombs, a mosque, an ayvon and pilgrims' rooms, date from the 17th to the 19th century.

Below the gate a spring said to flow from under the saint's foot feeds a pool of fish that nobody eats, and higher on the hill keepers show prints said to be his knees. Pilgrims stack small stone cairns along a dry channel as they pray for children. It lies on the south slope of the Sultanuizdag range, about 35 km from Beruniy.

• A living pilgrimage site in the Karakalpak hills
• Holy spring and pool of sacred fish
• Domed tombs from the 17th–19th centuries