Ensemble · Bukhara city
Lyab-i Hauz Ensemble
The square by the pool — old Bukhara's beating heart
Mosque · Bukhara city
Nadir Divan-Begi Khanqah
Built in 1619–1620 at the same time as the pool, the khanqah closes the west side of Lyab-i Hauz and now houses a branch of the Bukhara State Museum-Reserve.
Photo: Miss Kamola · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
History and architecture
Vizier Nadir Divan-Begi built the khanqah in 1619–1620, as the pool was being dug. It was meant as a lodge for Sufi dervishes and their devotions, and at times also served as a madrasa and as a mosque for travellers; the researcher A. Jumanazarov argues it began life as a Friday mosque.
A domed hall with a mihrab in its west wall sits at the heart of the many-roomed building behind its tall portal, with cells in the corners. It now holds the museum-reserve's Museum of Ancient Varakhsha and Applied Art.
Photos
Madrasa · Bukhara city
Nadir Divan-Begi Madrasa
The caravanserai that became a madrasa
Archaeology · Jondor District
Varakhsha
Palace of the Bukhar Khudahs and its murals
Bazaar · Bukhara city
Toqi Sarrafon
The money-changers' dome — a Silk Road bureau de change
Mosque · Bukhara city
Magok-i-Attari Mosque
Bukhara's oldest mosque, sunk below the street
Madrasa · Bukhara city
Kukeldash Madrasa
Central Asia's largest madrasa
Ensemble · Bukhara city
Historic Centre of Bukhara
Central Asia's most complete medieval city
Bazaar · Bukhara city
Toqi Telpak Furushon
The hat-sellers' dome over a five-way junction
Ensemble · Bukhara city
Khoja Gaukushan Ensemble
A madrasa and minaret on the site of an old slaughterhouse
Bazaar · Bukhara city
Tim of Abdullah Khan
A gated covered market for silk and carpets