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Narbutabiy Madrasa
A late 18th-century madrasa in Kokand with a domed portal and a quiet courtyard, still used as a religious school.
Museum of Great Scholars
A museum in Kokand, opened in 2018, that traces science and literature in Central Asia from the early Middle Ages to the 20th century.
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About the place
The museum was created in 2017–2018 as a branch of the Kokand State Museum-Reserve, in a building designed by the architect Sergo Sutyagin.
Its displays fill three floors in five sections: early medieval scholars such as al-Khwarizmi, al-Farabi, al-Biruni and Ibn Sina; the Timurid period; the 18th and 19th centuries; the national revival of the early 20th century; and the 20th century itself.
Why go
- A short course in Central Asian science and letters
- Five sections over three floors
- Part of the Kokand museum-reserve
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Madari Khan Mausoleum
Mausoleum of 1825 in Kokand, built for the mother of the khan, beside the Dakhma-i Shakhon royal burial ground.
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Dakhma-i-Shakhon Mausoleum
The burial place of the Kokand khans, with a carved wooden porch and a tiled portal, in a cemetery near the Narbutabiy madrasa.
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Jami Mosque, Kokand
Kokand's Friday mosque, known for its long open porch held up by rows of carved wooden columns, with a minaret beside the courtyard.
