📜 About & history
The Afaq Khoja Mausoleum, popularly known as the Xiangfei (Fragrant Concubine) Tomb, is the holiest Islamic shrine in southern Xinjiang. The complex was begun around 1640 as the tomb of the Naqshbandi Sufi master Muhammad Yusuf and later took the name of his son, Afaq Khoja; five generations of the family are buried in the tiled central chamber. Besides the domed tomb, the walled grounds contain a great mosque, a small mosque, a teaching (scripture) hall and a gate tower, framed by four corner minarets clad in glazed tiles. It remains an active pilgrimage and prayer site as well as one of Kashgar's best-known monuments.
🕌 Prayer & visiting
The complex's mosques hold daily prayers and a Friday congregation for the surrounding community; visitors touring the tomb should defer to worshippers during prayer times.
📍 Address
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🚇 How to reach the mosque
City buses run from central Kashgar toward the Haohan Village / Xiangfei Tomb area; confirm the current route number locally. A taxi is the simplest option.
From the old-town centre head northeast out of the city toward Haohan Village; the mausoleum's tiled dome and corner minarets mark the site.
About 5 km northeast of central Kashgar, roughly a 15-minute taxi ride from Id Kah Square.
A ticketed heritage site and living shrine; dress modestly and remove shoes in prayer areas. To ask a driver to take you there, say: 请带我去阿帕克霍加麻扎