Palvan Qori Madrasa and Minaret

The merchant Palvan Qori, also known as Muhammad Yakub Bazzoz, was a close associate of Muhammad Rahim Khan II (Feruz) and played a big part in the khanate's trade. He paid for this madrasa and minaret, which were built within a single year, 1905, with the noted architect Ruzmat Arbob Masharipov taking part. In Soviet times the building housed a school.

Entry is through a domed portal and a bent passage into a courtyard lined with cells; prayer and khanqah rooms project from the facade. The minaret in front, 24 metres high, has decorative brick bands and a small dome. It is the most monumental building in Dishan Kala, in the Kumyaska neighbourhood outside the Itchan Kala walls.

• The most monumental building in Dishan Kala
• A 24-metre minaret outside the old walls
• Built in a single year, 1905