Bukhara

Arc Citadel Bukhara Countryside Fayzulla Khujayev Fergana Valley Guri Amir Mausoleum Khiva Margilan Market Samarkand Samarkand Market Samarkand 2001 Sasha and Sons B&B Shahr-i-Zindah Tombs Shakrisabze Shakrisabze Market Tash Haule Palace Tashkent Uzbek Muslim's

Bukhara

 

the old town wall next to the swimming place

Bukhoro, city, western Uzbekistan, capital of Bukhoro Oblast. It is located in an oasis on the Zeravshan River. Also called Bokhara or Bukhara, the city is situated in a region producing natural gas, cotton, fruit, and silk. It has industries manufacturing textiles, processed karakul pelts, carpets, and clothing. Among Bukhoro's many architectural monuments, some dating from the 9th century, are several mosques, the Ark Fortress (now a museum), and the mausoleum of Ismail Samani (9th-10th century). A teachers college is also there.

 

Ark Fortress
(photo from 1963)

 

as seen in 2001

Other Photos of the Ark Citadel

Founded by the 1st century AD, Bukhoro was an important trade and cultural center when it was captured (early 8th century) by the Arabs. It was a leading center of Islamic learning under the Arabs and the Persian Samanid dynasty, which held the city in the 9th and 10th centuries. It later was captured successively by the Qarakhanids and Tatars, and in 1555 it became the capital of an Uzbek emirate. 

 

Water tower (photo from 1963)

 

as seen in 2001

The emirate was conquered in 1866 by Russia, which held it as a protectorate from 1868 to 1920; then the emir was removed, and the city was made the capital of the Bukhoro People's Soviet Republic. From 1924 to 1991 the city was incorporated into the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR). Uzbekistan became an independent republic in 1991. Population (1990 estimate) 228,000.

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mausoleum of Ismail Samani (9th-10th century)

 

 

his tomb

 

same as seen in 1963

 

Kalon Minaret

 

detail of minaret

 

entrance

 

Medressa
(working Muslim seminary from the 16th century)

 

Photos of a Rich Merchant's House

Photos of Sasha and Sons B&B

 

anti-alcohol slogan (1963)

 

Old Bukhara (1963)

 

digging in Old Bukhara for a natural gas pipeline

 

 

 

the gas pipeline in the outskirts

 

 

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