Thursday, February 13, 2014

Uzbekistan | Bukhara Oasis | Khwajagan | #3 Faghnawi

The third of the Seven Khwajagan of the Bukhara Oasis was Mahmud al-Injir al-Faghnawi (1227–1317). He was the disciple of Arif ar-Riwakri. His mausoleum, in a small village twenty-one miles north of Bukhara, is now a popular pilgrimage site. 
Entrance to the al-Faghnawi Complex . . . For more see Seven Saints of Bukhara: The Khwajagan, or Masters of Wisdom.

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