Ancient monuments of Uzgen — architectural heritage of the Karakhanid era
Uzgen is one of the oldest cities in Central Asia, founded in the 2nd–1st centuries BC. In the 11th–12th centuries it was the second capital of the Karakhanid state, and unique architectural monuments from that era have survived to this day.
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The Uzgen Minaret was built during the Karakhanid dynasty, at the end of the 11th and the beginning of the 12th century. The word "minaret" comes from Arabic and means "light sprea…
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The well-known historian and geographer Jamal al-Din al-Qarshi (late 13th – early 14th century), in his famous work Mulhaqat al-Surah, emphasizes that the city of Uzgen in the 10th…
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The Uzgen Mausoleums are monumental architectural monuments of the Karakhanid period, built in the 11th–12th centuries. The complex consists of three mausoleums — the Central, Nort…
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According to archaeologist V. D. Goryacheva, who conducted historical research in the city of Uzgen in the 1960s, the site considered the first city rampart is a hill located in th…
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City Rampart II is located on a hill on the left side of the Osh–Bishkek road, at the southern entrance to the city of Uzgen, on the site of the modern Tynchtyk Recreation Park. Ac…
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Orto-Korgon is located on a hill on the right side of the Osh–Bishkek road at the southern entrance to the city of Uzgen, on the site of an ancient fortification. It is believed th…
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The irrigation canal flowing through the center of the city of Uzgen from east to west is considered, according to scholars' research, to be the first irrigation system built in th…
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The Shoro-Bashat city rampart, dating back to the 4th–1st centuries BCE, is located 8 kilometers northwest of the city of Uzgen, on the right bank of the Jazy River. The city, cons…
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On the northern side of a 74-apartment residential building in the central residential quarter of the city of Uzgen, in 1988, during the excavation of a foundation pit for the cons…
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The mausoleum is located in the Üch-Döbö neighborhood of the city of Uzgen. Based on information from two ancient stone tablets with Arabic inscriptions and local oral traditions, …
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According to oral traditions, the Kalta (Short) Tower was located on the left bank of the Kara-Darya River, east of the village of Sheraly, at the foot of the northern slope of the…
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The exact date of construction of the bathhouse, located on Toktogul Street in the city of Uzgen and functioning until the 2000s, is unknown. At present, the exterior of the buildi…
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The Badalbay Amin Mosque, built at the end of the 19th century and currently functioning as a congregational mosque, is located in the public center of the Güzar neighborhood of Uz…
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