Tashkent Khazrati Imam Architectural Complex Kaffal Shashi Mausoleum late 16th cent Shaybanid Dome (4e)
The Kaffal Shashi mausoleum stands at the northwest corner of the Khast-Imam square, a cluster of historical buildings that comprises the heart of old Tashkent. It commemorates the life of Kaffal Shashi. No trace of the original building survives as it was replaced by the current building constructed when Tashkent fell under the rule of the Shaybanids.
Kaffal Shashi: Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Ismail Al-Kaffal Al-Kabir as-Shashi (also known as Abu Bakr as-Shashi) 904-979, was born into a family of locksmiths (kaffal means locksmith), became renowned as a spiritual successor to the hadith scholar Muhammad al-Bukhari (810-870); a poet, polyglot, and the author of many books on Islamic Law. After studying in Baghdad he finally returned to Tashkent to become the first Tashkent Imam. The Square was named in his honour.
Tashkent Khazrati Imam Architectural Complex Kaffal Shashi Mausoleum late 16th cent Shaybanid Dome (4e)
The Kaffal Shashi mausoleum stands at the northwest corner of the Khast-Imam square, a cluster of historical buildings that comprises the heart of old Tashkent. It commemorates the life of Kaffal Shashi. No trace of the original building survives as it was replaced by the current building constructed when Tashkent fell under the rule of the Shaybanids.
Kaffal Shashi: Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Ismail Al-Kaffal Al-Kabir as-Shashi (also known as Abu Bakr as-Shashi) 904-979, was born into a family of locksmiths (kaffal means locksmith), became renowned as a spiritual successor to the hadith scholar Muhammad al-Bukhari (810-870); a poet, polyglot, and the author of many books on Islamic Law. After studying in Baghdad he finally returned to Tashkent to become the first Tashkent Imam. The Square was named in his honour.