Mausoleum of Khudoyor Valami

A number of interesting historical and architectural monuments, evidence of the bright historical past of the city, have been preserved in Istaravshan to this day. In Istaravshan, the city market has been improved. There are many ancient medieval historical monuments in the city, including 7 historical monuments of republican significance, 14 architectural monuments of city significance, and 30 architectural monuments of regional significance. Of particular note in Istaravshan are such ancient monuments as the Mugteppa settlement, the Kakh-kakha fortress, Childukhtaron, the Kok-Gumbaz madrasah, the Bobotago mausoleum, the Khudoyor Valami mausoleum, the Khazrati Shokh mausoleum and mosque, the Sari-Geumbaz Ensemble, and others.

The building of the mausoleum dates back to the 17th century. This building of adobe bricks with ganch plaster and ornaments has survived to this day in a fairly good condition. Along with others, the ruler of Istaravshan of the last quarter of the 18th century - Khudoyor-Devonabegim and the ruler of Istaravshan of the first quarter of the 19th century - Muhammad Rahim-bai were buried here. The Khudoyor mausoleum has halls of a peculiar shape. Inside it, occupying almost all of the dome space, there is a large ground crypt, decorated with ganch carvings at the entrance to the mausoleum. According to the architects, this kind of burial is not found anywhere else.

Muhammad Rakhimbay ruled Ura-Tyube from 1816 to 1828 and adhered mainly to the Bukhara orientation. However, disagreements arose between him and the Bukhara emir Nasrulla about the ownership of Jizakh. The Kokand Khan Muhammad Ali, who captured Ura-Tyube, used this. Muhammad Rakhimbay hid in Shakhrisabz and, relying on his former officials, in 1248 (1830-1831) secretly entered Ura-Tyube with 18 daredevils. Kokand's protege Shokh-parvonachi found out about this, captured and killed Muhammad Rahim. In this mazar, they were buried in the same grave. In 1940, an autopsy of the grave was carried out on the territory of the mazar. Two embalmed corpses were recovered from the grave, which belong to the descendants of the Temurids. There were 9 more corpses left. However, nothing has survived inside the magani. Perhaps the local residents, having discovered the opened grave, removed the remaining bodies and buried them in another place.