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nepalgoods Says: When you go through a gate of the Medrese Narbutabek you come to a Muslim cemetary. There are many tombstones form the last centuries. Some of them even with Russian script and names. But the most beautiful building is the Mausoleum of the Khans, the kings of Khokand, with a...
nepalgoods Says: Medrese or Madrasah (Arabic) is the Islamic word for School. In Islamic countries it normally means a school, were people learn about the Qur'an , about Mohammed and the rules and history of Islam. In Uzbekistan usually the small boys go to Medrese during summer holidays for...
nepalgoods Says: The museum is located in the Palace. It is one of the oldest museums in Uzbekistan. The museum was established in 1925.There are 6 departments in the museum:# History Department# Art Department# Department of Modern History# Department of Nature# Department of Scientific -...
nepalgoods Says: Khudoyar-Khan Palace was finished in 1871 just a few years before the Russians conquered the city. The first part of the palace was built by artisans from Bukhara and Khorezm, another one built by artisans from Rishtan. In the beginning the palace consisted of 7 court-yards...
My marvellous stay in a chaikhana :-)
Trekki Says: As already described in my intro, it was difficult to find a place to sleep in Khokand (when I was there, in August 2006, it might have changed by now). There is one hotel, yes, and LP describes it as having filthy rooms which are “literally infested with cockroaches”. Well,...
nepalgoods Says: The road from Kokand to Tashkent goes over the Kamchik pass, which is about 3000m high. The road is near to the border of Tadjikistan. So you'll see soldiers along the road. Taking pics is not allowed, specially not on bridges, where soldiers have an eye on every stranger...
nepalgoods Says: ... everybody likes to take a bath. In sumemr many of the wells and fountains in the city attract all the kids. They love to take a bath and play with the water. The fountains and other water-channels are also very nice to cool the drinks.
nepalgoods Says: Kokand is on the crossroads of the ancient trade routes, at the junction of two main routes into the Fergana Valley, one leading northwest over the mountains to Tashkent, and the other west through Khujand. As a result, Kokand is the main transportation junction in the...
nepalgoods Says: The Khanate of Kokand hat been an Uzbek kingdom in Ferghana Valley from 1710 to 1876. It reached as far as Qyzylorda to the west and Bishkek to the northeast. Kokand was also the major religious center of the Ferghana Valley, boasting more than 300 mosques.Specially worth a...
nepalgoods Says: Again we have the situation, that Kokand is located in an area with many different languages and a history of changing rulers. That is why there are many names for the same city:Kokand (alternative spellings: Khokand, Khoqand; Uzbek: Quqon; Russian:...
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As already described in my intro, it was difficult to find a place to sleep in Khokand (when I was there, in August 2006, it might have changed by now). There...
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In Germany this city is mainly known as "Kokand". Here in VT we find it under Qo'qon, which certainly is the right spelling but unknown to Westerners. I am writing about this town as Kokand. Kokand...
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Khokand - faded beauty of the old days
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