Dahma of Shaybanids in Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Dahma of Shaybanids

Genghisid dynasty of the Shaybanids reigned in Samarkand in the 16th century. There is only one monument of that period. It is Dahma of Shaybanids. This is a marble platform standing between Tillya-Kari Madrasah and Sher-Dor. Shaybani-khan, the founder of the dynasty, was buried in this Dahma in 1510. The other Shaybanids were buried there later. The dahma was carried several times and occupied this place in the 20th century. It kept gravestones of Shaybanid sultans - Mahmud (died in 1503/1504), Mahdiya and Khamsa (died in 1511), Kutlug Muhammad (died in 1545), Abdulhayr (died in 1517), Edgar (died in 1523) and Suyung Muhammad (died in 1586).