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| Bughrahan Mausoleum, Atux |
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This is the mazar, or mausoleum, of Sutuk Bughrahan, the first ruler of the Kala Kingdom, who converted to Islam. Located in what is now Suntaq Village, Atux City, it is the oldest structure of its kind in Xinjiang, originally built in 955-956. Local legend says that a nine-gabled mansion was once built on the foundation when the original building collapsed, but history records a renovation and expansion in 1872, during the period of the Yarkent Kingdom.
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