Dakhma-i-Shakhon mausoleum

Dakhma-i-Shakhon (royal tomb) — an architectural monument in the city of Kokand. Built in the 1920s. The tomb is a mausoleum where the persons Norbotabi and his descendants, belonging to the Kokand khans' households, are buried. The tomb is entered from the west through a portal (9.4 × 11.7 m). Towers are worked on both sides of the portal, made of fired brick and decorated with glazed tiles. The side walls of the portal are inlaid with paired pepper-shaped figures in dark red color. In the middle part there are eight‑sided straight lines made of red, green and white glazed tiles, and above them road lines in red, black and green colors are drawn. On the top of the railing there are red, pink, green, dark red and white gold‑colored pentagon and rhombus shapes depicted. The tomb door is finely decorated with carved plant‑like patterns and Arabic inscriptions. The tomb is domed; one of the interior wall windows leads to a tomb, another to a mosque, and the third remains open. In the interior, between the large windows and the window frames, the bricks are set straight, while the arches are carved in a wavy style. Next to the tomb is a courtyard mosque (7 × 6.8 m) with two aisles; its vaulted roof is divided into four bays and is decorated with painted patterns. In the D. sh. da the Modarikhon mausoleum, built in memory of the mother of the house, is well preserved.