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 The Boboyi Poradoz Mausoleum (Uzbek: Boboyi Poradoʻz maqbarasi) is a monument of architecture in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. The mausoleum was built in the 19th century and is located behind the Salakhona gate. Today the mausoleum is located opposite the Ibn Sina Library of Bukhara. The mausoleum is included in the National List of Objects of Material Cultural Heritage of Uzbekistan of Republican Importance. The mausoleum of Hazrat Boboyi Poradoz is located in the southeast part of Bukhara, near the city gate of Salakhona. Here, in the early 20th century, there was a mazar with a complex of architectural structures (mausoleums, mosques, rooms for pilgrims, residential houses, wells). Now only the center of the mausoleum remains, where Boboyi Poradoz was once buried, and in his honor the whole mazar was named. Boboyi Poradoz was a scholar and sheikh, born in Bukhara in 842 and died in 925. His profession was patchwork sewing and shoem...

 Maghoki Attori Mosque (Uzbek: Magʻoki Attori masjidi, Tajik: Масҷиди Мағокии Атторӣ, romanized: Masjidi Maghokii Attori, Persian: مسجد مغاکی عطاری, romanized: Masjed-e Maghākī-ye Attārī) is a historical mosque in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. It forms a part of the historical religious complex of Lyab-i Hauz. The mosque is located in the historical center of Bukhara, about 300 meters southwest of Po-i-Kalyan, 100 meters southwest of the Toqi Telpak Furushon trading dome and 100 meters east of Lab-i Hauz. It is a part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Bukhara.[2] Today, the mosque is used as a carpet museum. It is speculated as built in the 9th to 10th century on the remains of a Zoroastrian temple from the pre-Islamic era.[1] Before the Arab conquest there was a bazaar on the site of Maghoki Attori Mosque. It was a market for idols,...

Hello my dears!Today I want to share some amazing facts and my fantastic experience of visiting Chor Minor.  The Chor Minor Madrasah in Bukhara is one of the most remarkable historical monuments of the town. Located behind the Lyab-i Hauz complex, it is especially outstanding compared to the rest of the square in its unusual forms and architectural design, which accounts for its name.  "Chor Minor" means "four minarets" in Persian. These are small angle towers with azure-blue domes surrounding the square-rectangular building. But in contrast to traditional minarets, which suggest the possibility of ascending the "muezzin" to the open platform for the convocation to prayer, in Chor Minor it is missing. The decoration is curious as well. At first glance, the towers seem identical, but on closer examination, you will see that the decoration of none of them is the same as the other. The side part of the building consisted of residential rooms "hujras....