Historic Sights of Tashkent

4.6 Mausoleum of Saifetdin Boharziy (late 13^th-14^th cc.)
Sheikh Saifeddin Boharzi (died in 1261) was a pupil of outstanding Khorezm Sufi Nadjm ad-Din Qubro (died in 1220). He chose Bukhara for preaching where founded famous "qubraviyyah" khanaka. Sheikh Boharzi converted Golden Horde's khan Berke into Islam. In the middle of the 13^th century he headed Bukhara madrassah, established by Ma'sud-beg, Mongolian minister and Muslim. Sheikh was buried in Fatkhabad.The mausoleum above his tomb arose at the end of the 13^th century. Dome building of khanaka with portal was buiit in the 14^th century. Khanaka had been operating till the end of 18^th century.
4.7 Mausoleum of Buyan Kuli khan (late 14^th c., 15^th or 16^th c.)
Chagataid khan Buyan-Kuli (died in 1358), the grandson of famous Duva-khan (died in 1307) was a pupil Seif ad-Din Boharzi. The western part of Chagataid ulus with Bukhara was taken by amir Kazagan in 1346. He formally enthroned Buyan-kuli-khan and ruled on his behalf. When the son of Kazagan, amir Abd-allah took power, he executed Bayan-kuli-khan. One of reasons was that Abd-allah wanted to marry Buyan-kuli-khan's wife. Buyan-kuli-khan was buried near the tomb of his teacher Sheikh Boharzi. The small mausoleum was decorated with carved glazed terracotta of blue, dark blue and white colors.
Hanaka Faizabad (1598-99)
Fayzabad khanaka was a big Sufi shrine. It was constructed in 1598-1599 to northeast of medieval Bukhara. Khanaka has a big dome hall for collective meditations and hudjras for dwelling. Khanaka is located far from narrow city streets. The arch-dome gallery borders the central hall at three sides. The facade has three-stepped structure-from arched portal to two-storied niches, and from them to arches of the gallery. The dome lays on pendentives and is decorated with silhouette pattern.


Labi hovuz
The Lyabi-khauz is considered to be the center of the Old City. Plaza Lyabi-khauz is derived from Persian and means “ensemble near the pool”. The main element of this ensemble is the pool.
According to a legend, the ruler, Imam Kulikhan, couldn’t begin the construction he had planed because the house of a lonely widow, who refused to leave, occupied the area. And, the ruler decided to build a canal under her house. However, when water began to wash the walls of the woman’s house she was obliged to leave and the construction was completed as the ruler desired.