Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Kokand
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Muqimi
Park
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Abdulla
Nabiev
maydoni
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Jahon
Bazaar
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Kamal-Kazi
Medressa
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the night - Islam allows only four wives so
the khan kept a mullah at hand for a quick
marriage ceremony (the marriage set up to
last just one night).
Six courtyards remain and their 27 rooms
collectively house the Kokand Regional
Studies Museum, with displays of varying
degrees of interest, and rudimentary sig-
nage in English.
Narbutabey¨Mosque¨
&¨Medressa¨
MoSQUe
(Akbar islamov)
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The Bolsheviks closed
the 1799 Narbutabey Medressa, but it
opened after independence only to have
Karimov shut it down again in 2008. It's
now open again and tourists are welcome
to visit the medressa (now named the Mir
Medressa) and adjacent mosque, which Sta-
lin reopened to win wartime support from
Muslim subjects.
Dakhma-i-Shokhon¨
MAUSoLeUM
(grave of Kings)
Entering the graveyard's
north gate from the street, proceed straight
to the 1830s Dakhma-i-Shokhon (the tomb
of Umar Khan and other family members)
which has an elegant wooden portal carved
with the poetry of Umar's wife, Nodira.
Modari¨Khan¨Mausoleum¨
MAUSoLeUM
To the west of the Dakhma-i-Shokhon tomb,
the unrestored Modari Khan Mausoleum,
built in 1825 for Umar's mother, lies under a
bright, sky-blue cupola.
Stone¨Tablet¨of¨Nodira¨
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Originally buried behind Modari Khan,
Nodira was adopted by the Soviets as a mod-
el Uzbek woman and moved to a prominent
place beneath a white stone tablet, beyond
Dakhma-i-Shokhon near the graveyard's
south gate.
