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Chakar Mosque

An eighteenth-century neighbourhood mosque in the old town of Karshi, with carved wooden columns and a marble mihrab, now in poor repair.

Ensembles18th century

About the place

The Chakar mosque was built in the eighteenth century in the Chakar quarter of old Karshi and is looked after by the neighbourhood. You enter from a porch held up by wooden columns carved with flowers and other shapes; inside, more carved columns carry the ceiling beams, the plain walls are finished in ganch plaster and the mihrab has a carved marble panel.

It is on the national heritage list together with the Sharifboy madrasa nearby, but restoration has been slow and the building is fragile, so treat it as a short stop on a walk through the old town.

Why go

  • Wooden columns carved with flowers
  • Marble mihrab panel
  • A quiet corner of old Karshi

Sources (3)

  1. 1.Wikidata
  2. 2.en.wikipedia.org
  3. 3.uz.wikipedia.org

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