Yunus-khan Mausoleum (16 century), Tashkent
Besides Shayhantaur ensemble on the
Navoy avenue there is a mausoleum of Tashkent ruler
Yunus-khan (1415 – 1487). It is situated on
the territory of Shayhantaur cemetery. It represents
T-shaped khanaka-mausoleum. The main south facade
has portal with low wings; on the facade, as in the
corners of cruciform hall with north-ledge half-octagon
niche, there are two-storied hudjras. The hall is
opened with three-sides doorways, covered with sphero-conal
dome on cross archs; second-storied hudjras are covered
with cupolas on the multi-row thyroid pendentives.
The outer dome hall was reconstructed in 1970. The
windows are decorated with wood and ganch panjara,
there are fragments of ganch girikh (a geometrical
ornament) on the archs and mukannas-stalactites (decorative
ganch arrangement of cupolas) in the hall. Its sizes
are 21,5x20,5, building width – 16 m, the hall
– 7x7m.
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