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  2. Hazrati Imam Complex - Wikipedia

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    The Moʻyi Muborak madrasa was built of burnt bricks by the Tashkent ruler Mirzo Ahmad qushbegi in 1856–1857 in the Hazrati Imam complex of Tashkent, during the rule of the Ming dynasty. Today, this madrasa houses the ancient Qurʻon (Usmon Mus'haf), which was written in hijazi script on deer skin during the caliphate of Usmon (644—656) and ...

  3. History of Uzbekistan - Wikipedia

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    Because native Uzbeks were mostly occupied in the country's agricultural regions, the urban concentration of immigrants increasingly Russified Tashkent and other large cities. During the war years, in addition to the Russians who moved to Uzbekistan, other nationalities such as Crimean Tatars , Chechens , and Koreans were exiled to the republic ...

  4. Sheikh Hovendi at-Tahur Complex - Wikipedia

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    Sheikh Hovendi at-Tahur was born in the 13th century. He was a Sayyid - a descendant of Muhammad.His father, Sheikh Omar, was a direct descendant in the seventeenth generation of the second righteous caliph Omar ibn al-Khattab, therefore the men in Sheikh Omar's family bore the honorary title of Khwaja (uzbek: xo'ja).

  5. Tashkent - Wikipedia

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    Tashkent (/ t æ ʃ ˈ k ɛ n t / ⓘ), [a] also known as Toshkent, [b] is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. [c] It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of more than 3 million people as of April 1st 2024. [4]

  6. Culture of Uzbekistan - Wikipedia

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    The culture of Uzbekistan has a wide mix of ethnic groups and cultures, with the Uzbeks being the majority group. In 1995, about 71.5% of Uzbekistan's population was Uzbek. . The chief minority groups were Russians (8.4%), Tajiks (officially 5%, but believed 10%), Kazaks (4.1%), Tatars (2.4%), and Karakalpaks (2.1%), and other minority groups include Armenians and Koryo-sar

  7. Uzbeks - Wikipedia

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    The Samanid Empire was the first native Persian dynasty to arise after the Muslim Arab conquest. The four grandsons of the dynasty's founder, Saman Khuda, had been rewarded with provinces for their faithful service to the Abbasid caliph al-Mamun: Nuh obtained Samarkand; Ahmad, Fergana; Yahya, Shash; and Elyas, Herat.

  8. Qaffol Shoshi mausoleum - Wikipedia

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    Qaffol Shoshi mausoleum (Uzbek: Qaffol Shoshiy maqbarasi) is a mausoleum in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, built in honor of Imam Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Ismail al-Kaffal ash-Shashi. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The original tomb did not survive in its initial form.

  9. Romanov Palace - Wikipedia

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    The Romanov Palace, located in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, was built in 1891 according to the design of architect V.S Geintselman and A.L. Benois for Grand Duke Nikolai Konstantinovich, who had been exiled to the outskirts of the empire in the Turkestan region.