Mausoleum of Seyid Ala Ad-Din, Khiva, Uzbekistan

Mausoleum of Khorezmian sheikh Seyid Ala Ad-Din (died in 1303) is one of the most ancient and esteemed historical places of Khiva.

Mausoleum of Seyid Ala Ad-Din

Actually the mausoleum is very unpretentious low dome construction deeply ingrown in the ground. Inside the mausoleum there is a nice majolica gravestone of the 14th century decorated with a vegetative ornament and Arabian inscriptions. Later to the tomb there was built a memorial domical-portal mosque. The whole brick complex of the mausoleum had been formed by the 19th century and repaired by order of Alla-kuli-khan in 1825.