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The Mausoleum of Nadzhimetdin Kubra is the founder of the dervish order "Kubraviya" in Islam, a Sufi sheikh - the main monument in the memorial complex "360". This place is considered holy. Pilgrims from all world pay visits there . According to the legend,
Hore s msha k h Mohammed II executed of one of the best Kubra's pupils after by a false denunciation. The holy man got angry and damned Khoresm. The damnation soon come true - the mighty state fell under aggressive Mongol invasion . Kubra himself and his 360 pupils fought side by side to protect their city. This battle was the last heroic deed of Nadzhimetdin for the glory Islam: a Mongolian warrior beheaded the holy man. The cemetery , where today the Mausoleum of Nadzhimetdin Kubra and th e mausoleums of Sultan Ali and Piryarvali stand, was built on the site of the battle. Right beside them is the grave of young Dzhamildzhan , Nadzhimetdin Kubra 's favorite pupil.
The Mausoleum of Nadzhimetdin Kubra includes 4 dome d premises: the lobby, two assembly rooms and gurkhanu - a hall in the center of which a beautiful gravestone used to stand right on the spot where the body of the holy man fell with a high obelisk mark ing the place where his head cut by a Mongolian sword dropped . Unfortunately, whe the dome fell down, about fifty years ago, these obelisks were heavily damaged and are wait ing for restoration.
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