Museums1 km away
Orif Gulkhani House Museum
The Samarkand home of the poet Orif Gulkhani (born 1879), a museum since 1993 with his manuscripts, books and household things, and a garden.
Namazgoh Mosque, Samarkand
A 17th-century festival mosque on what was then the edge of Samarkand, paid for by the patron Nadir Divanbegi.
EnsemblesUNESCO World Heritage17th century
About the place
A namazgoh is an open-air mosque for the large prayers of the two Eid festivals, and so it was built outside the city of the time. This one went up in the 17th century with money from Nadir Divanbegi of the Arlat clan, a patron who also funded several other buildings in Samarkand. It is part of the Samarkand World Heritage site.
Why go
- Festival mosque for Eid prayers
- Funded by the patron Nadir Divanbegi
- Part of the Samarkand World Heritage site
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Ensembles1 km away
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.
Mausoleums1 km away
Aksaray Mausoleum
A 15th-century Timurid tomb just behind Gur-e-Amir, plain outside but with a painted blue, white and gold interior.
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1 km away
University Boulevard
Tree-lined boulevard of Samarkand's 19th-century new town, laid out in 1871–1872, with a protected Lebanon cedar and old public buildings.
