Serakhs

Abul-Fazl (Saragt Baba)

Serakhs is the large point on the Great Silk Road between Nishapur and Merv, the centre of small oasis situated in the upper reaches of Tedjen River. In the middle of the 1st millennium BC the first settlement surrounded by the clay wall appeared on the site of the ancient of the Old Serakhs.
The Serakhs significance becomes stronger after the Arabs conquered Central Asia. At that time the direction of one of the basic routes of the Great Silk Road changed and went from the central regions of Iran to Nishapur, and then through Serakhs to Merv and further to the east. The inclusion of the city to the international trade promoted its economics raising. The Serakhs architects achieved the great successes and their glory was widely spread in Central Asia and Iran.

The Abul-Fazul Mausoleum named also as the Serakhs-Baba Mausoleum was erected in the 11th century above the grave of the Muslim mystic Abul-Fazul. In spite of its small dimensions, the mausoleum looks monumental.