Archaeology3 km away
Kara Tepe
A Buddhist monastery complex cut partly into a sandstone hill on the edge of Old Termez, close to the Amu Darya and the Afghan border.
Zulkifl Mausoleum
An 11th–12th-century multi-domed shrine on the Aral-Paygambar island in the Amu Darya near Termez, linked by legend to the prophet Dhul-Kifl.
Mausoleums11th–12th century
About the place
Legend holds that the prophet Dhul-Kifl, mentioned briefly in the Quran, is buried here, and the island takes its name, "island of the prophet", from him. Historical sources also record the burial of Ishaq ibn Kunaja, a descendant of Abbasid commanders, who died in 992 or 993.
The buildings date from the 11th–12th centuries. They form a group of four joined rooms, three of them domed, around an east-facing portal mosque that is the oldest part. The shrine lies in the south of the Aral-Paygambar island, which is a nature reserve in Termez district.
Why go
- Shrine on an island in the Amu Darya
- 11th–12th-century domed buildings
- Linked to a prophet named in the Quran
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Archaeology3 km away
Fayaz Tepe
The excavated walls of a Kushan-era Buddhist monastery outside Termez, with a stupa that now stands under a protective dome.
Mausoleums4 km away
Mausoleum of Al-Hakim at-Termizi
The shrine of a 9th-century Sufi scholar, Termez's patron saint, set in a complex with a mosque and gardens near the Amu Darya.
- © OpenStreetMapArchaeology
5 km away
Old Termez
The ruins of the ancient and medieval city on the bank of the Amu Darya, with its citadel mound, destroyed by the Mongols in 1220.
