One-day Langar-Ota and Shakhrisabz Tour from Samarkand. The tour begins with a visit to the mausoleum of Muhammad Sodiq in the village of Langar, an extraordinary place where people often live to be 100 years old, and time appears to have stood still since the mid-16th century. Next, you’ll travel to the city of Shakhrisabz. Shakhrisabz, birthplace of Amir Temur (“the green city” in Uzbek). The old part of Shakhrisabz city has been declared a UNESCO world heritage site and contains an exceptional collection of monuments.
A long time ago, in the 15th century, there lived Sheikh Muhammad Sodiq, who was a student of the famous Sufi Ishqiya Baba, the founder of the Ishqiya Sufi order. One winter morning, Muhammad Sodiq overslept and did not have time to heat up the water for ablution for his teacher, but in order to somehow warm it up and make amends, he pressed the jug to his chest. When he handed the jug to Ishqiya Baba, it turned out that the water had boiled. Then the teacher told the student that he had comprehended all the stages of enlightenment, and the two of them had nothing to do in one place, and then ordered him to sit on the camel and ride until the camel could not stand up, and there the young Sufi would have to “throw anchor.” So Muhammad Sodiq left his mentor and reached places in the vicinity of Shakhrisazb, and where the camel could no longer walk, the village of Langar appeared.
After visiting Langar-Ota, you will travel to Shakhrisabz.
The sightseeing in Shakhrisabz city:
Ak Saray Palace (“a white palace” in Uzbek) built in 1380-1404. Amir Temur gathered its craftsmen to his hometown to build his greatest palace, similar in structure to Samarkand’s Bibi Khanum Mosque. The name Ak-Serai (White Palace) symbolizes his noble descent, not the dominant colour, for blue, green and gold patterned the vast mosaics.
Statue of Amir Temur— there are three huge statues of Temur: one is in Samarkand, one is in Tashkent and the third is in his hometown Shakhrisabz in standing position. The bronze statue weighs 20 tons and 9 meters high built after the Independence (1991).
Complex of Dor-us Siyadat (“place of sadness” in Uzbek) from XIV century. It arose on the death of his eldest and favorite son Jahangir, killed in 1375 (aged only 22). When another son, Umar Sheikh, joined Jahangir in 1394, Temur even built himself a crypt.
Dor-ut Tilavat (“place of praying” In Uzbek) from XIV-XV centuries, contains the Kok Gumbaz Mosque (1435) built by grandson of Temur Mirzo Ulugbek, the mausoleum constructed by Amir Temur in 1373-1374 for Sheikh Shamseddin Kulyal, a Sufic leader and spiritual advisor of Temur’s father , Taraghay.
