Sari Mazar mausoleum

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Sari Mazar mausoleum

The architectural monument of the mausoleum of Sari Mazor is located in the city of Istravshan, Sughd region of the Republic of Tajikistan. 

The mausoleum of Sari Mazor is an architectural monument of the 16th century and is a two-chamber, two-portal-dome structure. The mausoleum was built of baked bricks. The building consists of a square domed room with a cruciform shape. There is a ganch gravestone in the gurkhon (burial ground). The domes of the portal space and the gurkhon rest against improvised arches by means of spherical-type sails. From the outside, the mausoleum looks quite monumental. This mausoleum is used as an object of interest during tours.