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Shukhov Tower (Bukhara Tower)
A steel lattice water tower of 1927–1929 by the engineer Vladimir Shukhov, facing the Ark, now with a glass lift and a viewing deck over the old town.
Subhonquli Khan Friday Mosque (in the Ark)
The early 18th-century Friday mosque inside the Ark of Bukhara, with a columned porch; it now holds the museum's display of manuscripts.
EnsemblesEarly 18th century
About the place
The Ashtarkhanid ruler Subhonquli Khan built this Friday mosque inside the Ark at the start of the 18th century, as the mosque of the rulers' winter palace. It was repaired under Emir Alim Khan (1910–1920), with the master Shirin Murodov leading the carved plaster work.
The rectangular winter hall is framed on two sides by porches on columns, set on a low platform. Today it houses the "Written monuments" display of the Ark's regional museum, so you see it on the same ticket as the rest of the citadel.
Why go
- Mosque of the rulers' winter palace
- Manuscript display inside
- Part of a visit to the Ark
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Bolo Hauz Mosque
The emir's Friday mosque opposite the Ark, best known for its tall porch of slender carved wooden columns reflected in a small pool.
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Ark of Bukhara
The walled citadel on a raised mound at the west end of the old town, home to Bukhara's rulers until 1920 and now a set of small museums.
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Khoja Zayniddin Mosque and Khanqah
A sixteenth-century mosque and Sufi lodge beside a pool in old Bukhara, with a painted and gilded interior that runs from floor to dome.