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Qaynar Mosque

A village mosque of the late 1890s in Qaynar, Kitob district, built by community effort, with carved plane and juniper wood and a porch on all sides.

Ensembles1895–1899

About the place

Villagers built this mosque in 1895–1899 through hashar, voluntary communal work, led and funded by Mulla Qobil Okhund. In Soviet times it served as a farm store and a silkworm-rearing point, and after 1991 the community restored it once again.

It is a small rectangular building, about 10 by 8 metres, with timber-frame walls, two columns inside and five doors. A porch runs around it, and its plane-tree and juniper woodwork is carved with patterns. It is a good example of a rural mosque in the Kashkadarya region.

Why go

  • Carved plane and juniper woodwork
  • Built and restored by the village itself
  • A porch around all sides

Sources (2)

  1. 1.Wikidata
  2. 2.uz.wikipedia.org

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