Mausoleum of Kaffol Shoshi
The mausoleum of Kaffol Shoshi was built in 1542 in honor of Imam Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Ismail al-Kaffal ash-Shoshi. The building is an asymmetrical domed portal mausoleum – khanaka, where the pilgrims lived. The complex of mausoleums included the mosque and oshkhona, a room for cooking. In a small courtyard, to the south of the main building, there are later burial sites (sagan).
Abu Bakr ibn Ismail al-Kaffal al-Shoshi is an Islamic scholar. For some time Abu Bakr Kaffol Shoshi lived in Samarkand, visited such Arab cities as Hijaz, Baghdad, Damascus, and repeatedly performed the Hajj to the holy Mecca. Having deep knowledge in many fields of science, he was revered among scientists and ordinary people.
The mausoleum of Kaffol Shoshi is an architectural work of the 16th century, crowned with a large blue dome. The building is built of burnt brick, decorated with majolica with a historical inscription. Next to the tomb of "Kaffal Shoshi" are the graves of the sons of the "Great Imam" - Muhammad al-Shashi and Nizamiddin Shashi.
The tomb of the Great Imam is a very revered place of worship among Muslims all over the world.
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Mausoleum of Kaffol Shoshi
Tashkent — Bukhara — Samarkand — Shakhrisabz
- 720$
- 7d.
Mausoleum of Kaffol Shoshi
Tashkent — Bukhara — Samarkand
- 640$
- 7d.
Mausoleum of Kaffol Shoshi
Tashkent — Bukhara — Samarkand — Khiva — Khorezm
- 730$
- 7d.
Mausoleum of Kaffol Shoshi
Tashkent — Bukhara — Samarkand
- 500$
- 5d.
Mausoleum of Kaffol Shoshi
Tashkent — Bukhara — Samarkand — Khiva
- 590$
- 6d.
Mausoleum of Kaffol Shoshi
Tashkent — Bukhara — Samarkand — Shakhrisabz
- 1150$
- 7d.
Mausoleum of Kaffol Shoshi
Tashkent — Bukhara — Samarkand — Khiva — Shakhrisabz — Gizhduvan
- 1200$
- 10d.
Mausoleum of Kaffol Shoshi
Tashkent — Bukhara — Samarkand
- 675$
- 5d.
