KHAZRATI IMAM MOSQUE

Built near the mausoleums in the 18th century, the mosque was named after an 8th-century saint whose body Tamerlan is said to have been brought back from Baghdad by Tamerlan. If the path leading to it is cluttered with tourist souvenirs, one can instead wander between the walls that mark the ancient foundations of the buildings that adjoined the mosque to make a large religious complex. It is in this small maze that the access to Tamerlan's crypt is located. Back in the central courtyard of the mosque, enjoy the shade of hundred-year-old trees with impressive trunks.