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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.
Baland Mosque
A small early 16th-century neighbourhood mosque in south Bukhara, with a painted and gilded winter hall and a wooden-columned porch.
EnsemblesEarly 16th centuryAbout 15 minutes to see
About the place
Baland means "high". The mosque was built at the start of the 16th century in a wealthy quarter in the south of the old town and is often called the oldest surviving neighbourhood mosque in Central Asia.
It has two prayer spaces. The enclosed winter hall has walls and a mihrab painted with flowers and script, gilding, and a band of hexagonal glazed tiles. The open porch around it served as the summer mosque; its wooden columns with stalactite capitals and the ceiling date from the 19th century.
Why go
- Painted and gilded winter prayer hall
- Carved wooden columns with stalactite capitals
- A quiet quarter away from the main squares
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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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Abdullah Khan Madrasa
A late-16th-century madrasa facing Modari Khan Madrasa across a lane; together they form the Kosh Madrasa pair in Bukhara.
Ensembles1 km away
Khalfa Khudoydod Complex
A Sufi complex of the late 18th to mid-19th century in Bukhara's Hauzi Nau quarter, with a khanqah, madrasa, mosque and covered cistern.