Shayboni's hut
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The story of Shayboni's hut
Shayboni's hut is a 16th-century architectural monument in Registan Square, Samarkand, and it is the marble couch where members of the Shaibani Uzbek dynasty were buried. Its most striking feature is the long platform itself: each side measured 10–11 meters, and there were 36 tombstones on it.
The monument began as graves in the middle of the courtyard of the Shaibani Khan madrasah. By the instructions of Mrs. Mehr Sultan, those graves were turned into a separate family hut, raised as a high marble sofa. When the road leading to the Bibikhanim mosque was opened, it was moved 70–80 meters to the south-east, reducing the area it occupied. During the reconstruction of the city in 1960-1962, it was moved again, this time to Registon Square.
The burials recorded here trace the dynasty across several generations. Mahmud Sultan, who was martyred in 1504, was first buried in that gravestone. In 1509, the body of the mother of Muhammad Shaybani was brought from Bukhara by Aq Kozi Begim and buried there. Muhammad Shaibani himself was buried in 1510, followed by Mahdi, Hamza and Abulkhair Sultans in 1511, Muhammad Temur Sultan in 1514, Yadgor Sultan in 1526, Mrs Shah Sultan in 1530, Mrs Shahribunu in 1535, Sultan Qutlugh Muhammad in 1545, and Sultan Suyunch Muhammad in 1586, along with other Shaybani sultans and queens.
Shayboni's hut is listed as an object of tangible cultural heritage of Uzbekistan and is under state protection. When you visit Registan Square, it is one of the memorial structures that connects the square to the burial history of the Shaybani dynasty.