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Abdurakhmoni A'lam Madrasa
A two-storey brick madrasa of 1809 in the Gaukushan quarter of old Bukhara, now used as a teahouse for visitors.
Olimjon Caravanserai
A state-owned caravanserai of 1813 in old Bukhara, where Afghan merchants once traded and a local photographer later ran a well-known studio and gallery.
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About the place
The caravanserai was built in 1813 for the Bukhara treasury and was first called Abdullojon; it later took the name of the Olimjon quarter around it. Travellers in the 1830s found Afghan merchants trading in its rooms, and in the early twentieth century a transport company rented it and turned the street side into a shop.
In 1985 the Bukhara photographer and local historian Shavkat Boltaev set up his Sitora photo studio in the cells around the courtyard, and its gallery became a regular stop for visitors. The building is close to the A'lam madrasa and the Gaukushan quarter, a few minutes from Lyabi Hauz.
Why go
- A treasury caravanserai from 1813
- Once a trading place of Afghan merchants
- Home of a local photographer's studio and gallery
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Gaukushon Madrasa
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Sarrafon Mosque
A 16th-century mosque beside the Toki Sarrafon trading dome in Bukhara, long used as a teahouse, with old calligraphy on its portal.
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Khoja Gaukushon Ensemble
A 16th-century madrasa, mosque and minaret on a quiet square south of the trading domes, named after the cattle market that once stood here.