Museum · Jizzakh
Sharof Rashidov House Museum
The family home of a writer and Soviet-era leader
Archaeology · Jizzakh
Qaliyatepa (old Jizzakh citadel town)
An archaeological site in Jizzakh: the remains of the shahristan of ancient Dizak, inhabited from the 4th century BC to the 12th century and again in the 15th–16th centuries.
History
The name Jizzakh is usually traced to the Sogdian 'dizak', meaning 'little fortress'. In the 10th century the Arab geographers Ibn Hawqal and al-Muqaddasi described Dizak as a town in the Faknon district of Ustrushana. The Mongols destroyed it in 1220, and it revived under the Timurids.
Qaliyatepa is the shahristan, or walled inner town, of that ancient city. The state register dates its layers to the 4th century BC–12th century AD and the 15th–16th centuries, and it was added to the national heritage list in 2019. Other ancient mounds such as Momintepa, Qizlartepa and Yoqubbobotepa lie nearby.
