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Mashad GHAZALI TOMB In 1917 an American priest stated that Bogheh Harunieh is Ghazali's tomb. But testimonies indicate his grave was outside of the Toos fence. In 1995, the new building was discovered that matches the details of the eroded Ghazali Tomb given in the book Mihman Nameh Bokhara in 1495. The new two story building is outside of Toos fence and is known by locals as the Ghazali Tomb. Possible Ghazali Tomb Entrance Possible Ghazali Tomb Inside From the Kufi cornice writing on the ceiling of this building, it can be said that this place was the mausoleum and tomb of Ghazali. It remains a mausoleum for the faithful. Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali, 1058-1111 was a theologian and mystic and one of the most revered in Islam. In his autobiography, al-Munqidh min al-Dalal (The Deliverer from Error), he describes the crisis that forced him in 1095 to abandon his career and to search for an inner, direct knowledge of the reality of God. He adopted the life of a wandering ascetic and mystic. He retired to Toos in 1110. He wrote more than 50 books. The Tahafut (The Incoherence of the Philosophers) and the Ihya 'Ulum al-Din (The Revival of the Religious Sciences) are considered important. Ghazali books. Ghazali information and links.