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Khoja Nisbatdor Mosque

A neighbourhood mosque of 1901 a few hundred metres south of the Registan in Samarkand, with a painted ayvon and a short minaret.

Ensembles1901

About the place

The mosque was finished in 1901 on the site of an older one, under the direction of Abdukadyr Bakiev; the brothers Zayniddin and Shamsiddin Gafurov laid the brick, usto Sadulla did the carved plaster and usto Mahmud the painting. It is named after Khoja Nisbatdor, a theologian who lived before the 15th century.

On a raised platform stand a brick winter prayer hall and a wide ayvon whose ceiling is painted in red and blue, with a small faceted minaret in front. In Soviet times it served as a post office; it was returned to worshippers and restored after independence. It is in the Suzangaron mahalla, a short walk south of the Registan.

Why go

  • A painted ayvon by named local masters
  • A short walk south of the Registan
  • A working neighbourhood mosque

Sources (4)

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

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