Architectural monuments of Kyrgyzstan

Mausoleum Shakh-Fazil

The Shakh-Fazil archaeological complex is located in the  Jalal-Abad Province  of  Kyrgyzstan. It is a sacred Muslim site, and an annual mass  pilgrimage   occurs here.
The collection of sites is made up of the Shakh Fazil  Mausoleum , Safid Bulend Mausoleum, the holy mountain of Archa Mazar, Alamberdar Mausoleum, holy hermit's cave, a XVII-th – XIX-th Century  Mosque, and vertical stone  phallos.

The mausoleum of Shakh Fazil, the most important site in the collection, is unique in its own right and stands apart from other  Karakhanid - era mausoleum.

The village of Safid-Bulen. Central Dome composition; overlap - a system of successive transitions from square to octagonal prisms and from them to a slender ogive dome. From the outside - no decorated brick masonry and the interior - the richest decoration: ganch fill borders, scalloped arches archivolt, circular and rectangular car-carcass band inscriptions.

Style thread like engraving on metal, a combination of small ornaments girihi, stylized floral wreath, the inscription flowering Kufi. Near the mausoleum - extension XVIII - XIX centuries. Which is interesting for avian shaped wooden columns.

Source of information:
1966. Bernshtam A.N. «History-archeologic sketches Central Tien-Shan and Pamir-Alay»
« Religious and spiritual monuments of the Central Asia». The author of M. Khashimov. Publishing house " Saga", 2001
«Issyk Kul. Naryn» Tthe encyclopedia, Frunze, 1991. "Kirghizia", publishing house "Idea", Moscow, 1977.
Knobloch, Edgar. 2001. Monuments of Central Asia. London: I.B. Tauris Publishers,
Discovery Travel” Magazine.

General view


Mausoleum Shakh-Fazil


Conical dome atop the high
octagonal and three-tiered drum


The Shakh-Fazil archaeological
complex is located in the Jalal-Abad
Province of Kyrgyzstan


It is a sacred Muslim site, and an
annual mass pilgrimage occurs
here


The collection of sites is made up of
the Shakh Fazil Mausoleum, Safid
Bulend Mausoleum, the holy
mountain of Archa Mazar,
Alamberdar Mausoleum, holy
hermit's cave, a XVII-th – X


Century Mosque, and vertical stone
phallos


The mausoleum of Shakh Fazil, the
most important site in the collection,
is unique in its own right and stands
apart from other Karakhanid-era
mausoleum.


The village of Safid-Bulen. Central
Dome composition; overlap - a
system of successive transitions
from square to octagonal prisms
and from them to a slender ogive
dome