Khwarazm-style conical dome

Sacred Place

Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum

Place type
Sacred Place
Elevation
230 m

Field notes

The field account

Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum is located near the Samani Mausoleum, in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Its name means Job's well, due to the legend in which Ayub visited this place and made a well by striking the ground with his staff. The water of this well is still pure and is considered healing.

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Where it sits

Visual field notes

A closer look