Attractions
“In all Fergana no fort is as strong as Akhsi. Its suburbs extend some two miles further than the walled town”. This is how Zakhiriddin Babur, Temur’s descendant, conquerer of India and founder of...
Zakhiriddin Mohammad Babur was an outstanding writer, poet, and scholar, a talented military leader and statesman. He was born in 1483 in Andijan. He was the son of Omar Sheikh, ruler of the Ferghana...
At the turn of the 19th-20th centuries in the western part of Jami complex there was constructed a Friday mosque. Contemporaries were impressed with its huge dimensions: the main façade alone had...
In Andijan, one of the ancient cities in the Ferghana Valley, just few medieval monuments have survived to present day. After all, more than once during its 2000-year-old history the city was almost...
The history of Modari-khan mausoleum is connected with the Nadira- the famous Uzbek poetess. The wife and the mother of Kokand khans, she continued to play a notable role in the life of the court...
In Kokand in the 19th century, according to eyewitness accounts, there were 40 madrassahs – Islamic high schools. Unfortunately, just few of them survived to the present day. Among them is the city’s...
In the 18th-19th centuries, when Kokand became the metropolis of a strong and powerful state, many big, attractive mosques were constructed in the city. From written sources it is known that in the...
As is well known 29 khans reigned over Kokand khanate. But possibly only during the reign of Umarkhan there was peace and tranquility in the country. Though he ascended the throne in 1810 through a...
One of the main attractions of Kokand is its citadel – Urda, more known as Khudoyar-khan’s palace. According to historical chronicles, 29 khans reigned in Kokand within 150 years, but the most famous...