The complex includes a mosque, a mausoleum, a honaka, a room for reading the Koran (qari-khona), which have been rebuilt and repaired for several centuries. The outer perimeter of the complex is 28.0×29.0 m, the mausoleum is 5.10×4.70 m.The mausoleum of Hakim at-Tirmizi is revered by the local population as the burial place of Vali and is an object of pilgrimage.
So who is Vali? We explain.
Wali (Arabic – mn. ch. awliya) is a person close to God (sometimes translated as a "saint"). In Sufism, Wali is a connoisseur of the essence and qualities of Allah, a performer Of His will, abstaining from sinful deeds, from worldly temptations. The title "vali" in Sufism was also applied to elders and mentors who had the ability to anticipate events or phenomena of nature (karama/karamat). According to Sufi teachings, in the hierarchy of "saints" Vali follows after the prophets. However, according to many Muslim theologians, awliya, despite the ability to karama, cannot reach the degree of prophets. Nevertheless, the pilgrimage (ziyarat) to the graves of avliya is considered a God-pleasing deed.
Read more about the archaeological monuments of the Surkhandarya region in the book-album "Surkhandarya" of the series "Architectural epigraphy of Uzbekistan".
Do you know who was called "wali"?
The famous Termez memorial complex of the IX–XV centuries is associated with the name of the theologian Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Hassan ibn Bashir al-Hakim at-Tirmizi (circa 750/760 – circa 869).