Mausoleum of King Yarkand Khan

02/04 2023

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The Mausoleum of King Yarkand Khan is also called Aletun Mazha, "Aletun" means "gold" in Chinese, and "Mazha" means "grave". The entire King's Mausoleum covers an area of 1,050 square meters. It was first built in 1533, and it took a hundred years of expansion to form today's scale. Inside the mausoleum are 11 generations of royal family members including the founder of the Yarkand Khanate. The Yarkand Khan Mausoleum has a unique style in terms of layout and pattern decoration, and is an excellent Islamic architectural art. It has important historical value for understanding the political, economic conditions, living habits, and burial methods at that time. At present, the king's mausoleum is well preserved and open to the outside world. It is a part of the Yarkand style tourist area in Shache County.

opening hours

10:00-20:00 all year round

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haha你来呀

This place is the cemetery, the area is not big, and each cemetery is very small, just enough to fit people in. Garden cemetery.

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武汉老龙

Visit the Mausoleum of King Yarkand Khan. The royal mausoleum is located in the north of Altundelvaz between the old town and the new town of Shache County, Kashgar, Xinjiang. It is the royal mausoleum of the Yarkand Khanate period. The founder of the Yarkand Khanate and other 11 generations are buried in the mausoleum. royal family. It was first built in 1533 to commemorate the first Khan Suritang Said of the Said Dynasty. In May 2006, it was announced by the State Council as the sixth batch of national key cultural relics protection units. The Yeerqiang Khanate was a country founded in 1514 on the old land of the former Chagatai Khanate by Said, the third brother of the Chagatai Khanate and the third brother of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, and lasted until 1680. It was destroyed by the Junggar Khanate, which lasted 166 years. Because the early ruling center was in Kashgar (referred to as Kashgar), it was called the Kashgar Khanate; in Central Asia, because the country was established by the descendants of Genghis Khan, it was called the Mughalstan. The capital of the Yarkand Khanate was in Shache, and its territory in its heyday included Turpan, Hami, and the Tarim Basin. The territory of the Khanate is bounded by Jiayuguan in the east, Tibet in the south, Kashmir in the southwest, Uzbekistan Bukhara Khanate in the west, Fergana Valley as the boundary with Uzbekistan, Tianshan Mountains as the boundary in the north, and Chagatai and Turpan in the east. The Khanate (later eliminated by the Junggar Khanate in Galdan) was adjacent.

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amwufhvk

[Scenery] Pleasant scenery [fun] very interesting [Value for money] The price is close to the people

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寒林飞雪

A place with a great sense of history, but the place is not big, and it took a quarter of an hour to browse through it.

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丫丫7777

The scenic spot is very small, you can take a look and learn about the local culture.

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angela

There are not many tourist attractions in Shache, but they are all concentrated and you can go shopping together. Inside the Yaerqiang Khan Mausoleum are the tombs of the king and his relatives. There are dozens of them, large and small. Not many tourists come to Shache

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