QUSAM SHEIKH SHRINE (Koson district)

QUSAM SHEIKH SHRINE (Koson district)

The shrine of Kusam Sheikh is situated 15 km northwest of the city of Karshi, in the village of Pudina in the Koson district[1]. The preacher of the Yassawi order, one of the founders of the Naqshbandi Order and one of the great saints, the son of Khonzada Muhammad al-Mashhour Kurrahoja Ataya, Sheikh Qusam, who lived at the end of the XI century (1198-1199) and the middle of the XIV century (c. 1336-1338), is the sheikh of the Islamic world. The activities of Sheikh Ibn Muhammad Qusam were connected with the village of Pudin in the Koson district of Kashkadarya region. Despite the fact that Kusam Sheikh was born in Turkestan in the family of Ahmed Yassawi (his greatgrandson through his daughter), he spent almost a hundred years of his life on the territory of Pudin.