The word 'minaret' is Arabic (منارة) and usually refers to a tower next to a mosque from which the muezzin calls the faithful to prayer.

[1][4] As the minaret is climbable, local citizens have scaled the tower and some have fallen to their deaths in attempts.

[1] The 25-meter high minaret was built in the 12th century and is made of sun-baked clay and plaster bricks.

[5][6] Afghan pilgrims have visited the minaret due to the adjacent shrine a hundred feet away.

On the outside, there is an arched niche where pilgrims have left pieces of mud in the hope of a cure for skin ailments.