Tempat Karamah. Mungkin itulah perkataan yang bakal keluar daripada mulut orang-orang kita Melayu bila melawat makam Abakh Khoja. Sebenarnya ialah sebuah makam setempat para Sufi yang dikuburkan didalam sebuah bangunan. The Abakh Khoja Mausoleum, located 5 kilometers northeast of
Kashgar is a masterpiece of Uyghur architecture. The holiest Muslim site in Xinjiang, the mausoleum was built in the early 17th century as the tomb of Muhammad Yusuf, a Central Asian Naqshibandi Sufi, who came to the region. Five generations of his family are buried in the mausoleum.
The Mausoleum is square in shape topped with a large dome and with a minaret on each of the four corners. The mausoleum is covered with green glazed tiles and the minarets are decorated with stripes and floral patterns. Each of the minarets’ windows are shaped with a different geometric pattern. The 58 tombs inside are
decorated with blue glazed tiles. The mausoleum is located in an area of 5 acres which is surrounded by a wall. Just inside the gate is a large courtyard which has a gate tower, worship halls, a doctrine-teaching hall and the mausoleum. Located inside the walled area are several other halls and a cemetery.
decorated with blue glazed tiles. The mausoleum is located in an area of 5 acres which is surrounded by a wall. Just inside the gate is a large courtyard which has a gate tower, worship halls, a doctrine-teaching hall and the mausoleum. Located inside the walled area are several other halls and a cemetery.
Pemandangan didalam Makam Afaq Khoja |
Masjid di Tomb of Afaq Khoja |
Tanah Perkuburan di Afaq Khoja |
Sungguh pun komplek ini terletak agak jauh daripada Kashgar tetapi tidak menjadi masalah untuk pembaca sampai ke tempat ini. Jika daripada station keretapi, naik sahaja bas No 12 dengan bayaran RMB2(2 km) dan diawal pusingan beritahu pemandu untuk menurunkan kita di
Afaq Khoja. Atau, mana-mana bas No 12 daripada Kashgar dengan bayaran yang sama tetapi bas membuat pusingan agak jauh jika dibandingkan daripada station keretapi.
Daripada perhentian bas, pembaca boleh memilih kereta kuda atau berjalan kaki ke Afaq Khoja. Jaraknya sekitar 800 meter dan terdapat petunjuk arah kelokasi. Dimaklumkan semasa kedatangan ZBA, jalan kesana agak berdebu dengan kewasan pembinaan bersebelahan.
Melihat kepada senibina dan tamadhun yang dicipta oleh pengembara "The Great Silk Road", sebagai seorang Muslim ZBA memberi peiktirafan 5* sebagai tempat yang wajib dikunjungi. Makan ini juga dikenali sebagai :
SECRET CITY OF THE DEAD
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