Mausoleum of Muhammad Bashoro (XI-XI V centuries)

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Mausoleum of Muhammad Bashoro (XI-XI V centuries)

In the mountain village of Mazori Sharif, among picturesque groves, there is the mausoleum of Muhammad Bashoro, an expert on hadiths (tales about the actions and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad and his companions). Initially, the building was built without a portal. It was built in the 14th century. Moreover, it was distinguished by its special beauty: elegant and noble in proportions, decorated with carved terracotta of unique beauty and complexity. The portal is two-colored - pink terracotta patterns are framed by a double frame of turquoise glazed bricks - and has an exact dating preserved among the inscriptions (743 Hijri, which corresponds to 1342-1343). 

In the center of the building there is a spacious domed hall, to the left and right of which there are a number of vaulted rooms. The main facade of the mausoleum faces a mountain river, from where the only road leads to it. In the center of the hall rises a clay mihrab with elegant ornamental and calligraphic inscriptions. The presence of a mihrab (a niche in the wall of a mosque indicating the direction to the Kaaba, the main shrine of Islam), indicates that, perhaps, the building was not a mausoleum at first, but simply a mosque. And this is not the only mystery of the mausoleum of Muhammad Bashoro. It has not yet been proven whether the ashes of this religious figure are really buried here.