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Fayzabad Khanqah

A late 16th-century Sufi lodge east of Bukhara's old town, built around a square domed hall and now used as a mosque.

EnsemblesLate 16th century

About the place

The Fayzabad Khanqah stands in a quarter east of Bukhara's old town that was once a separate suburb. It was built in 1598–99, in the reign of the Shaybanid Abdullah Khan II, as a lodge where Sufis met for prayer and dhikr. Sources link it with Dostum Devonbegi and with the Sufi Mavlono Poyanda-Muhammad Akhsi Fayzobodi, who died in 1601.

The building measures about 35 by 29 metres. Its core is a square domed hall 12.7 metres a side, with the dome carried on pendentives. One-storey domed galleries with arcades wrap around three sides and hold small cells. During the 1970–71 restoration the surrounding cemetery became a garden, and more work followed in 2008–2012. Today the khanqah serves as a mosque.

Why go

  • Square domed hall 12.7 m across
  • Arcaded galleries on three sides
  • Garden setting outside the old town

Sources (3)

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

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