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The Bahauddin Naqshband Mausoleum complex, located 12 km southeast of Bukhara, is one of the most important pilgrimage sites in Central Asia. It honors the 14th-century Sufi mystic who founded the Naqshbandi order, one of the most influential Sufi brotherhoods in the Islamic world.
Bahauddin Naqshband (1318–1389) founded the Naqshbandi Sufi order, which spread across the Islamic world from Turkey to Indonesia. The complex around his tomb was expanded by successive rulers, including Timur's descendants. During the Soviet era, the site was closed to pilgrims; it was reopened and restored after independence.