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  Today we went to the Piridastgir mosque.  I have never visited it. So today I did.  This mosque was constructed for the memory of Abdul Kadir Jilani. Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jiilani is the founder of the "Qadiriya" sect in Sufism, a promoter of the idea of ​​"engagement and relaxation" (let your heart be free from the world when you are busy with the world. It was very beautiful and and I was expressed by its silence atmosphere which could give peace to my soul 

 Today our destination was Chor-Minor madrasah. It is located right behind Lyabi-Khauz, in the open space. “Chor–Minor” is translated as “four minarets”. This name is well justified: the corners of the square-rectangular madrasah building are really decorated with four small minarets crowned with blue domes, different in decors from each other. Each of the four minarets is of a different shape. The towers’ décor elements are believed to reflect the religious-philosophical understanding of the world’s four religions. At least, it is easy to see that some elements look like a cross, a Christian fish, and the Buddhist prayer wheel. In front of the madrasah building there is a patio, with a centrally occupied small basin – hauz, lined with stone blocks, and several hujrs adjacent to the madrasah sides. The madrasah is a well-preserved building, erected on money of the rich Turkmen Caliph Niyazkul. The date of the madrasah construction, referred to the year 1807, needs to be specified, ...

 Today was one of the most wonderful days. The group and I went to Chor Bakr, which is located in countryside. We all gathered near the mausoleum of Chor Bakr. It was my first visit there and the feeling was incredible. There I saw a squirrel and gave them food, it's such a feeling that it is impossible to describe in words The unique  Chor-Bakr Memorial Complex  (‘memorial complex of four brothers’) is located at a distance of five kilometers southwest of Bukhara in the village of  Sumitan .  At the end of the 16th с Bukhara ruler  Abdullah-Khan  ordered that a madrasah, a mosque and a  khanaka  be built in the center of the necropolis, which meant to be a present for the  Juybari  dynasty. These three buildings form a large yard or even a square. They make up a beautifully integrated and harmonious architectural ensemble. The facades of the  khanaka  and the mosque are large portals with archways. Their side walls have t...

 Today we went to one of the nost outstanding places of Bukhara. It was Emirs Palace in Kagan The palace’s origins lie in the expansion of the Russian Empire to Central Asia in the second half of the 19th century. Towards the end of the century, strong diplomatic relations developed between Russia and the Bukhara Emirate, and the development of railways continued. The settlement of New Bukhara was established 12km from Bukhara, on the railway line to Tashkent, and New Bukhara became a base for the Russian military, engineers, and builders. In a sense, New Bukhara was also a diplomatic town, which hosted various offices that represented the Russian Empire in the Emirate of Bukhara. In 1895, the Emir of Bukhara, Said Abdulahad Khan, ordered the construction of a palace in New Bukhara. According to some, this was because the Emir wanted to have his own palace in the Russian settlement. In another version of the story, the palace was built to accommodate a visit by the Russian Emperor,...

Khoja Sayyid Amir Kulol, popularly nicknamed Kalon (“High”), was a Hanafi scholar, Sufi murshid and spiritual mentor of Bahauddin Naqshbandi. Sayid Amir Kulal was born in 1281 in the village of Sukhor (now the village of Yangikhet) in the Kagan region, in the village of hereditary potters. According to legend, he was tall and broad in shoulders. Penetrating eyes peered out from under furrowed brows. His skin was tan. His face was framed by a gray beard. He was very humble and gentle in manner. He was far from objection and stubbornness. Thanks to wrestling in his youth, he had a large physique, and was physically developed. As for spirituality, there was no person who would doubt his righteousness, because he behaved like an enlightened one who absorbed all the best that Sharia, Tariqa and Marifat contain.In his youth, he was fond of wrestling, so he was physically developed and had a large physique. From a young age, Said Amir was engaged in kurash. Thanks to kurash, 15-year-old Sayyi...

 Baha ad-Din Nakshbandi complex The Baha ad-Din complex is a cult ensemble located in the suburban area of Bukhara. The complex served as the center of the Naqshbandi Dervish order. Its head, Sheikh Bahauddin Naqshband, died in 1389. and he was buried near the village of Kasri Arifon (now in the Kagan district) near Bukhara. Northeast of Bukhara in the village of Kasri Orifon is one of Sufism's more important shrines, the birthplace and the tomb of Khazreti Mohammed Bakhauddin (Baha-al-din, Uzbek: Bahovuddin) Nakhshbandi (1318-1389), the founder of the most influential of many ancient Sufi orders in Central Asia, and Bukhara's unofficial 'patron saint'. Entering the complex through the main, east entrance, you'll walk towards a 16th century khanaka covered by a huge dome, now a Juma (Friday) mosque. In front of it is a precariously leaning minaret. Two more mosques surround Bakhautdin's tomb in the courtyard to the left. The lovingly restored aivan here is one ...

 Khoja Ismat Bukhoriy is one of the brightest representatives of literature of the late XIV bilingual poet, the attention of the beginning of the XV B., who attracted famous teachers of Persian and Turkic literature like Jomi and Alisher Navoi.  Abdurahmon Khoja Fakhriddin Ismatullah bin Mas'ud Ismat Bukhoriy was born in Bukhara around 1365 into the family of a famous dynasty - Khoja Mas'ud. rich, respected, his father was a merchant, and was a very enlightened man of the era. sources, As reported by Khoja Ismat, who received his first knowledge of theology; from his father, he was well versed and subsequentl continued his studies at the Bukhara madrasah.   The Soviet period of time  zieratgokh (place of pilgrimage) Khoja Ismat fell into disrepair without proper supervision, visiting this complex was strictly prohibited. At the same time, the mosque included in the Khoja Ismat complex was destroyed, the holy  spring ("chashma") and the well were buried. Buria...