Yarkand’s main sights are clustered around its charming central 18th-century mosque. Next to the mosque in the modern square is the Mausoleum of Ammanisahan , commemorating a 16th-century local Uighur queen and musician famed for her work collecting Uighur muqam music. Behind the tomb is the central mazar (tomb) of her husband Sultan Sayid Khan, the founder of the Yarkand dynasty of rulers (1514–1682).
The surrounding sprawling cemetery is home to several other impressive shrines, with white flags marking the graves of pir (holy men). There are normally groups of elderly Uighurs praying here.
