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Kazi Baizavi Mausoleum in Sairam.

Religious sites of Sairam.

“I've known rivers:
I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers” 

Langston Hughes.

Sufi tours in Sairam.

At the southern gate of Sairam in the village of Sairam, Sairam district of the Turkestan region, an ancient mausoleum rises, in which is the grave of Kazi Bayzavi. The height of the mausoleum is 11 m, the area is 7 x 9 m.
The real name of Kazi Bayzavi is Eshon Khoja. He lived in the X - XI centuries He knew the Holy Quran and hadith perfectly. Commentaries on the Qur'an written by Eshon Khoja are still used in Islamic countries as a teaching tool.

Authority:
"Code of monuments of the South Kazakhstan region." Architectural and archaeological heritage of the South Kazakhstan region. In the framework of the regional program "Cultural Heritage". http://www.farsah.kz

Photos
Alexander Petrov.