Khoja Mahmud Anjir Fagnavi Complex

The saint and his shrine

Khoja Mahmud Anjir Fagnavi was born in the late 12th or early 13th century in Anjir Fagna, today’s Anjirbog, near Vobkent. He was a craftsman, described in the sources as a plasterer or a carpenter. A pupil of Khoja Arif Revgari, he took over the Khwajagan chain after his master’s death and practised the vocal zikr alongside the silent one. A story in the Rashahat says that Khoja Ali Romitani became his disciple on the advice of Khizr.

Fagnavi was buried in his home village; the sources date his death to 1286 or to 1315–1317. The mausoleum over his grave was restored after independence, and a Friday mosque, a pool, a well and a large garden were laid out beside it. In 2019 the grave, dated to the 16th century, was placed under state protection.