📜 About & history
This mazar in old Kuqa holds the tomb of Molana Ashidin Khoja, a 14th-century Sufi missionary credited with spreading Islam in the Kucha region. The complex of tombs and an attached mosque has long been a local pilgrimage site, distinct from the nearby Kuqa Grand Mosque.
🕌 Prayer & visiting
Attached mosque opens mainly at prayer times (notably afternoon prayer); recitation in Uyghur. A ziyarat (pilgrimage) site.
📍 Address
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🚇 How to reach the mosque
Kuqa city buses serve the old town; walkable within the historic quarter.
No distinct Arab quarter in Kuqa; the town sits on the northern Silk Road and is reached by train/road from Aksu or Korla.
In Kuqa old town, a short taxi ride from the new-city centre and about 4 km from the Kuqa Grand Mosque.
Combine with the Kuqa Grand Mosque and old-town bazaar. Uyghur halal food and the famous Kuqa 'big nan' nearby. Access may be limited to prayer times.