Memorial complex of Imam al-Bukhari

Memorial complex of Imam al-Bukhari is one of memorial monuments, which situated near Samarkand.

In the 19th century, at the head of the grave of Imam, al-Bukhari was built small mausoleum and close to sycamore was located mosque.


In 1998, Samarkand celebrated the anniversary of the Bukhari birth (he would have 1225 years old). It was decided to build a memorial complex of Imam al-Bukhari in honor of this event.

The total leased area of the complex is 10 hectares. Today, the complex includes administrative buildings, mosque and mausoleum. The mausoleum of Imam al-Bukhari easily distinguished from other buildings by its architectural shape in the form of a cube. A seventeen-meter dome in the sky-blue color crowns architectural monument.

The door on the right side of the mausoleum leads down to place of worship. There is the tomb of al Bukhari. The yard can include about 1,500 worshipers. Range of colors shimmers with white and light green.

Behind the mausoleum of Imam Al-Bukhari is a famous educational center named - "Dorus-Hadith." Here are studying the Hadith science.

The mausoleum of Imam Ismail al-Bukhari has been a pilgrimage sites in Islam for many years.

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Mausoleum of Khoja Akhror. Madrassah of Nodir Divan Begi Madrassah

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Sadriddin Aini's house museum

The Mausoleum of Ak-Saray

Mausoleum of Guri Emir

Magzum-Bobo Mausoleum

Mausoleum of Prophet Daniel (Mazar Khodja Daniyar)

The Rukhabad Mausoleum

Mazar Chupan-ata

Memorial complex of Imam al-Bukhari

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Makhdumi Khwarizmi's Mosque

Hazrat Khyzr Mosque

Museum of Samarkand History "Afrasiab"

The Shahi-Zinda necropolis

The observatory and memorial museum of Ulugbek

Park Boggy – Maidan

Registan

The Samarkand Art Gallery

"Hudzhum" carpet factory in Samarkand

The Samarkand Museum of History and Art of the Uzbek People

Samarkand Regional Museum of Local Lore