AL-BOUKHARI'S MAUSOLEUM

The mausoleum of Al-Boukhari became one of the places of pilgrimage of Islam. Born in Bukhara in 810, Abu Abdullah Mahamed-ibn Ismail Imam al-Boukhari is one of Uzbekistan's most revered saints. During a long journey of over 15 years, the return of the great pilgrimage of Mecca, he meglio more than 600 000 words of the Prophet, the Hadith, throughout the Muslim world. Today the pilgrims are pressent again around his grave. The mausoleum at the blue dome was completely rebuilt in 1998. Today it is surrounded by an immense inner courtyard lined with iwan. The basin and the centuries-old trees surrounding it are all that remains of the old site. President Islam Karimov took the decision to shave everything else, including the old tomb, to make the mausoleum a new Mecca. The work was funded by Saudi Arabia. The best craftsmen in the country participated in this renaissance. In particular, you will be able to admire all the different carved wood doors, as well as the decorations fortified with gold and the majoliques of the mausoleum, which testify to the talent of the contemporary craftsmen. It remains that the monument is somewhat overshadowed by its modernity and ambition with the other mausoleums in Uzbekistan, and that visitors can have difficulty, if pilgrims are not at the meeting, to feel the same religious fervour as in other monuments in the country. In any case, proper dress, head covered for women, is required to enter the complex.