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Chuqur Madrasa
A one-storey eighteenth-century madrasa in old Bukhara, called Chuqur, "deep", because it sits lower than the buildings around it.
Turkman Madrasa
A two-storey madrasa of 1905–1910 in old Bukhara, built by a karakul trader from Chorjoy; it is in poor repair and awaiting restoration.
Ensembles1905–1910
About the place
Rahmatullaboy Turkman, a merchant in karakul from Chorjoy who held court titles in the emirate, paid for this madrasa under Emir Abdulahad Khan. It has 34 rooms on two floors of baked brick and a portal faced with tiles. A marble plaque over the door gives his name and the date 1910 in verse; it is cracked into three pieces and marked by a bullet.
Teaching stopped under Soviet rule. Repair plans were drawn up in 2010 and 2020, but the building has remained neglected. It stands on Kemukhtgaron Street in the old town.
Why go
- A verse plaque with a bullet mark
- One of the last madrasas of the emirate
- An unrestored building, seen as it is
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Toki Telpak Furushon
The hat sellers' dome, set over a junction of several streets between the other two domes; today a market for textiles, caps and books.
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Nadir Divanbegi Khanqah
A domed Sufi lodge of 1620 on the west side of the Lyabi-Hauz pool, built by the vizier Nadir Divanbegi together with the pool itself.