Bahovuddin Naqshbandiy ziyoratgohi

The shrine complex of Bahauddin Naqshband sits about twelve kilometres east of Bukhara's old city and centres on the tomb of Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari, who died in 1389 as the founder of the Naqshbandiyya — one of the most widely spread Sufi orders in the Islamic world, with branches reaching from Central Asia into Anatolia and Southeast Asia. Timurid rulers and their successors expanded the complex over several centuries, adding mosques, colonnaded courtyards, and subsidiary mausoleums. The site appears on Uzbekistan's UNESCO Tentative List. Pilgrims from across Central Asia still gather here daily, sitting quietly in prayer beside the grave marker; the combination of Sunni piety and Sufi mysticism gives the complex a contemplative weight that sets it apart from Bukhara's more touristed urban monuments.