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Toki Telpak Furushon
The hat sellers' dome, set over a junction of several streets between the other two domes; today a market for textiles, caps and books.
Magok-i-Kurpa Mosque
A two-storey mosque of 1637 next to the Toqi Telpak Furushon dome in Bukhara, its lower floor sunk below today's street level under twelve domes.
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About the place
This mosque was built in 1637 and stands about ten metres west of the Toqi Telpak Furushon trading dome, some 250 metres south-west of the Po-i-Kalyan. Over the centuries the ground around it has risen, so the lower of its two floors is reached by a staircase and lies almost entirely underground. That is the meaning of magok, "in the pit"; kurpa, "quilt", comes from the name of its quarter.
The rectangular building, about 15 by 24 metres, is roofed with twelve domes; the main one sits on a round drum and rises 20 metres above the ground. It is one of two sunken mosques in Bukhara, the other being Magok-i-Attari a short walk to the south-east.
Why go
- Lower floor sunk below today's street
- Roof of twelve domes
- Steps from the Toqi Telpak Furushon dome
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Kulita Caravanserai
An old trading inn joined to the Toki Telpakfurushon dome in Bukhara, home since 1992 to Uzbekistan's first museum of blacksmithing.
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Abdurakhmoni A'lam Madrasa
A two-storey brick madrasa of 1809 in the Gaukushan quarter of old Bukhara, now used as a teahouse for visitors.
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Khoja Gaukushon Ensemble
A 16th-century madrasa, mosque and minaret on a quiet square south of the trading domes, named after the cattle market that once stood here.