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Mausoleums, Shrines and Holy places
The Mausoleum of Rudaki in Panjakent TOURISM
The mausoleum was constructed in 1958 in honor of the
founder of classic Tajik poetry, a famous poet Abu-Abdullo
Rudaki. This paradox was due to ambiguous facts surrounding
Rudaki’s biography that left his tomb undiscovered. Some of
his life facts, well-known to public are that Rudaki lived at the
edge of IX century and the beginning of X century under the
reign of Samanid’s Dynasty. It is also known that Rudaki passed
away in 941 A.D in his native village Panjrud spending the last
days of his lifetime in poverty. According to some written ancient
testimonials, Rudaki passed away blinded.
Massive efforts of another famous Tajik writer Sadriddin Ayni
helped to shed light on this issue. Investigating a great number
of ancient documents Ayni managed to track down Rudaki’s
resting place while famous sculpturer Mikhail Gerasimov
managed to reproduce Rudaki’s appearance based on found
fossils.
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