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Seyidon mausoleum.
Visiting monuments Shakhrisabz.
“Temurbek built a magnificent building in Kesh. For the meetings of his sofa, he built a huge peshtak, and on the right and left side for the meetings of the sofa of tawajibek with sofa-beds two smaller peggas. For the same seat, the complainants made a small arch on one side of this building. ”
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Photo tours of the monuments of Shakhrisabz.
Mausoleum Gumbaz-i Seyidon was built in 1437 by the order of the famous Mirzo Ulugbek (1394 - 1449), the grandson of Tamerlane. The tomb along with other buildings is a single and unique memorial and architectural complex of the Darut–Tilavat.
It is adjacent to the mausoleum of Shams al – Din Kulyala.(d.1368) from the south and on their appearance and the outer decoration recalls the architectural monuments of the Ulugbek built in the necropolis of Shah–i-Zinda in Samarkand.
Gumbaz-i-Sayyidan crypt was built for family members of Termez branch of Sayyids (descendants of the Prophet). The interior of the mausoleum is decorated with floral ornaments. Inside the Gumbaz-I Sayidon shrine there are gravestone socle plates of large size with inscriptions.
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Alexander Petrov.