Ishratkhona Mausoleum
Ishratxona maqbarasi
A partly ruined mausoleum built in 1464 for royal women of the Timurid dynasty. The broken dome and arches have a strong sense of age.
Ishratkhona means 'house of joy'. It was built by the wife of Abu Said, a descendant of Timur, as a mausoleum for her daughter and other royal women. An earthquake in 1903 collapsed the main dome. Today the broken drum, the arches and a few blue tiles remain. The underground burial chamber once yielded more than twenty skeletons of women and children. You can usually only view the building from the outside, and it is a good place for photos. Visit it together with the Abdi Darun complex, a few hundred metres away. It is about 10 minutes by taxi from Registan.
Opening hours
Exterior viewable all day
Nearby sights
- Abdi Darun Complex
- Imam al-Maturidi Mausoleum
- Chorsu (Samarkand)
- Registan
- Shah-i-Zinda
- Bibi-Khanym Mosque
- Sadriddin Ayni House Museum
- Aksaray Mausoleum