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Margilan legends Mazar Gur-i Avval

The Mazar “Gur-i Avval” is located in the city of Margilan in the makhalla Gur-i Avval. The name “Gur-i Avval” in translation means with “a former tomb” that is, as legends say, at first, Burkhan ad-din al-Marginani was buried here.

As old residents tell, Burkhan ad-din al-Marginani fell ill seriously and was at the point of death. His disciples, having noticed his death buried him in the center of Margilan. One of Burkhan al-din al-Marginani’s relatives heard about his death and made haste to arrive in Margilan. He started asking questions to the disciples, “Did the most respectable Burkhan ad-din begin to write a new book? Has he finished it, yet? I would like to see this book”.
This book was the “Al-Hidayah”. On the title page of the “Al-Hidayah” it was written a hadith with the following text (matn), “In the name of Allah, Gracious and Merciful! He, who will begin the work on the day of Wednesday, his work would not remain incomplete and unaccomplished”.
The relative has uttered, “Hence, it means that the most respectable Burkhan ad- din is still alive! Because he has reached merely the middle of his work. Let us go and see his grave!”


¹ Dnevnik kollektor-nablyudatelya po arxeologii Abduvaxidova Alimdjana v period s 28.07. po 28.08.1939 goda. Ozbekiston Respublikasi Madaniyat va sport ishlari vazirligi Madaniy meros ob'yektlarini muhofaza qilish va ulardan foydalanish ilmiy ishlab chiqarish Bosh boshqarmasi arxivi. F. 1487/0–21. pp. 15-16.
² Masson M.Ye. Iz vospominaniy Sredneaziatskogo arxeologa. T.: Izdatelstvo literaturi i iskusstva imeni Gafur Gulyama, 1976. p. 150.
All of them went to the cemetery. They opened the grave and saw that Burkhan al- din was alive. As it was written in the predictable hadith, “his work did not remain incomplete and unaccomplished”. Thus, after his miraculous resurrection of the dead and rising again to life, Burkhan ad-din had finished his work at the book, and died in Samarkand. But by virtue of the fact that initially he was buried in Margilan, people had preserved that tomb, having given it the name of “Gur-i Avval”.¹
According to the same legends, near the mazar “Gur-i Avval” there was situated a madrasah, which bore the same name.² Under the Kokand khans, for the madrasah “Gur-i Avval” the waqf lands were allocated in the territory of Zarkend and Ramadan settlements.³