The turquoise dome
Coloured tiles.
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An elegant little mausoleum with a turquoise dome, about 60 m southeast of the Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, holding the grave of Rabiga Sultan Begim, daughter of the Timurid sultan Ulugh Beg and great-granddaughter of Timur. In 1451 she married Abu'l-Khayr Khan, ruler of the Uzbek Khanate, whose grandson Muhammad Shaybani founded the Shaybanid state of Bukhara. She spent her last years in Yasi, the old name of Turkistan, and her tomb was built after her death in 1485 in Timurid style: an octagonal brick building with arched recesses on each face, topped by a cylindrical drum and a dome faced with coloured tiles, and a square entrance block facing the Yasawi mausoleum. The tomb fell into ruin and was pulled down in 1896; its crypt was rediscovered under the rubble in the 1950s, and it was rebuilt in its old form in 1980. Gardens and paths link it to the Yasawi mausoleum, and the two together make one of Turkistan's loveliest views. It lies inside the Azret Sultan reserve, a short stop on a visit to the Yasawi mausoleum. It is a burial place, so keep quiet and dress modestly.
Coloured tiles.
With Yasawi's tomb.
Around both tombs.
About 60 m southeast of the Yasawi mausoleum, Turkistan
Daughter of the Timurid sultan Ulugh Beg and great-granddaughter of Timur, wife of Abu'l-Khayr Khan; she died in 1485 and lies near the Yasawi mausoleum.
