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Abulkasim Madrasa

A 19th-century madrasa in central Tashkent named after the sheikh who built it, now a courtyard of craft workshops beside the parliament.

Ensembles19th centuryAbout 20 minutes to see

About the place

The madrasa takes its name from Abulkasim Eshon, a Tashkent sheikh who founded it in the 19th century as part of a complex with a mosque and a bath. It was first a single storey; a second floor was added during repairs in 1864. The writer Abdulla Qodiriy studied here.

The bath and the pool in front were later demolished, but the madrasa survived and was restored around 1980. A tall portal with two corner towers leads into a courtyard of two-storey cells, many of which are now used by craftspeople. It stands next to the Uzbek parliament building.

Why go

  • Craft workshops in the old student cells
  • Where the writer Abdulla Qodiriy studied
  • Easy to reach in central Tashkent

Sources (5)

  1. 1.Wikidata
  2. 2.en.wikipedia.org
  3. 3.ru.wikipedia.org
  4. 4.uz.wikipedia.org
  5. 5.openstreetmap.org

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