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Hazrati Imam Gate, Bukhara
A rebuilt gate in the northern city wall of Bukhara, named after the nearby shrine of the scholar Abu Hafs Kabir.
Abu Hafs Kabir Bukhari Memorial Complex
A rebuilt shrine in Bukhara to the 8th–9th century jurist Abu Hafs Kabir, with a mausoleum, an old mosque, a minaret and a pool.
Ensembles2009–2010 (mosque 16th century)
About the place
Abu Hafs Kabir was a Hanafi scholar remembered as a teacher of Transoxiana's religious scholars. His original tomb was pulled down in Soviet times and the pool filled in; the present mausoleum and grounds were built in 2009–2010 beside the old Hazrat Imam cemetery.
The mosque on the site dates from the 16th century, and its mihrab carries a Quranic verse in white letters on blue. Inside the new mausoleum are four carved tombstones of Nurata marble. It is an active place of pilgrimage, so dress modestly.
Why go
- 16th-century mosque with a painted mihrab
- Carved marble tombstones
- A working pilgrimage site in the city
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Subhonquli Khan Friday Mosque (in the Ark)
The early 18th-century Friday mosque inside the Ark of Bukhara, with a columned porch; it now holds the museum's display of manuscripts.
Museums1 km awayUNESCO World Heritage
Zindan (Emir's prison)
The former prison of the emirate, behind the Ark, with a deep pit cell and a small museum about crime and punishment in old Bukhara.
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Shukhov Tower (Bukhara Tower)
A steel lattice water tower of 1927–1929 by the engineer Vladimir Shukhov, facing the Ark, now with a glass lift and a viewing deck over the old town.