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Chor Bakr Khanqah
The 16th-century Sufi lodge of the Chor Bakr necropolis west of Bukhara, built under Abdullah Khan II, with a tiled portal and a dated inscription.
Chor Bakr Madrasa
A 16th-century brick madrasa built by Abdullah Khan II inside the Chor Bakr necropolis west of Bukhara, with cells on three levels.
Ensembles16th century
About the place
The Shaybanid ruler Abdullah Khan II built this madrasa in the 16th century as part of the Chor Bakr complex, the burial ground of the Juybari sheikhs in Sumitan village. The court historian Hafiz Tanish Bukhari wrote about it, and it was counted among the higher-ranking madrasas of Bukhara.
The brick building has student cells on three levels and a hall divided into three arches; the Quranic verse once written on its front has not survived. It was repaired in 1950, 1971 and 1999, the last time with an effort to return it to its original form.
Why go
- Cells rising on three levels
- Part of the Chor Bakr necropolis
- Built by Abdullah Khan II
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Sadulla Khoja Tomb
A 19th-century walled burial court south of the khanaka at Chor Bakr near Bukhara, with six cells and carved elm doors.
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Atoullo Khoja Hazira
A walled seventeenth-century family burial enclosure in the Chor Bakr necropolis west of Bukhara, with carved wooden doors and tiled walls.
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Akobir Khoja Tomb
A 19th-century walled burial court opposite the khanaka of the Chor Bakr complex near Bukhara, with a carved elm gate.