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Kosh Madrasa
A pair of 16th-century madrasas, Modari Khan and Abdullah Khan, facing each other across an old street in the west of Bukhara's historic centre.
Abdullah Khan Madrasa
A late-16th-century madrasa facing Modari Khan Madrasa across a lane; together they form the Kosh Madrasa pair in Bukhara.
Ensembles1588–1590
About the place
Abdullah Khan II, the Shaybanid ruler of Bukhara, had this madrasa built in 1588–1590; the name of its architect is not known. It stands on the north side of the Kosh Madrasa ensemble, face to face with the earlier Modari Khan Madrasa, a pairing that Central Asian builders called kosh, or double.
The rooms are grouped around a courtyard with four iwans, and the façades are decorated with coloured glazed brick and majolica. The madrasa had its own mosque, where the people of the quarter came for daily and Friday prayers; oddly, it is turned to the cardinal points rather than towards Mecca.
Why go
- One half of the Kosh Madrasa pair
- Glazed brick and majolica on the portal
- Built under Abdullah Khan II in 1588–1590
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Modari Khan Madrasa
A two-storey madrasa of 1566–1567 built in honour of the mother of Abdullah Khan II; the older half of the Kosh Madrasa pair in Bukhara.
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Baland Mosque
A small early 16th-century neighbourhood mosque in south Bukhara, with a painted and gilded winter hall and a wooden-columned porch.
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Bolo Hauz Mosque
The emir's Friday mosque opposite the Ark, best known for its tall porch of slender carved wooden columns reflected in a small pool.