Buyan-Kulikhan Mausoleum

 Buyan-Kulikhan Mausoleum 

Mausoleum was built in 1358 for the body of Genghis Khan Buyan-Kuli, the ruler of the Chagatai ulus. The mausoleum of Buyan-Kuli-khan is next to the mausoleum of Sayf ad-Din Boharzi. The mausoleum is a small rectangular building located in the Faisakhan district of the city of Bukhara. The facade is decorated with a portal made flush with the surface of the walls. The portal niche opens into the first hall, a square in the plan room with sides 6 to 6 meters, above this hall a dome on sails is erected. Behind this hall there is a small room, in which is the tomb of Khan Buyan-Kuli. In the thickness of the walls on either side of the corridors are laid, passing in the upper part of the walls into covered galleries and leading to the roof. The mausoleum is lined on the outside and inside. Basically, carved terracotta is used, covered with turquoise facing, diversified with white, purple and blue tiles. The best veneer is preserved in the central hall, where it covers not only the dome, but also the walls. Such decoding is typical for the architecture of Maverannahr in the 70’s and 80’s. XIV century.