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Panjob Mosque

A working Shia Friday mosque of the 19th century in Samarkand's Panjob quarter, home to the city's Iranian community; one of few in Central Asia.

Ensembles19th century

About the place

The mosque takes its name from the Panjob quarter, "five waters" in Persian and Tajik, where most of Samarkand's Central Asian Iranians live. It was built in the 19th century and belongs to the Twelver Shia tradition, which makes it one of the few Shia mosques in Uzbekistan.

It was closed in 1924 and used by various organisations in Soviet years; at that time it was part of a complex whose tall-minaret mosque, built by the local architect and merchant Khoja Abduraim, has not survived. Today it again holds Friday prayers.

Why go

  • One of the few Shia mosques in Central Asia
  • Heart of Samarkand's Iranian quarter
  • A working Friday mosque

Sources (4)

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

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