Hazret-Hyzr mosque

The mosque named Hazret-Hyzr, an Islamic saint and eternal wanderer, stands on the southern slope of the Afrasiab hill, on the crossroad beside the central bazaar. A legend says that Hazret-Hyzr helped the patron of Samarqand Kusam ibn Abbes to escape and become never dying. Once, there was a heathen temple which idols were broken in the first years of Islam. The temple was converted into mosque. Hazret-Hyzr was esteemed as a saint giving richness and good luck in far voyages and trade. Today's mosque was built on the medieval foundations in 1854. Carved ganch and colored paintings on the ceiling decorate the interior.