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Khoja Ahrar Vali (Juma) Mosque

Tashkent's old Friday mosque beside Chorsu bazaar, founded in 1451 by the Sufi sheikh Khoja Ahrar and rebuilt several times since.

EnsemblesFounded 1451, rebuilt 1886 and 1990sAbout 20 minutes to see

About the place

The Naqshbandi sheikh Ubaydullah Khoja Ahrar had the first Friday mosque built here in 1451, in the old Gulbazar quarter. It was the city's main mosque, and for a time the Uthman Quran was kept here.

The tsarist administration pulled it down in 1875 and put up a new building in 1886. After independence the mosque was restored again and reopened in 1998; it holds a few thousand worshippers and serves the neighbourhood and the traders of Chorsu bazaar next door.

Why go

  • Founded by Khoja Ahrar in the 15th century
  • Right beside Chorsu bazaar
  • Once home to the Uthman Quran

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