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  Ensemble of Naqshbandi near Bukhara The Memorial Complex of Khoja Bakhouddin Naqshbandi is one of the most important Muslim shrines. Every self-respecting Muslim knows and reveres this name. The great theologian of the XIV century, founder of the Sufi Order "Naqshbandia" was buried 12 km from Bukhara in his native village of Kasri Orifon. Some time ago there was the pagan temple of the site of current tomb of Naqshbandi  Naqshbandi was the spiritual teacher of Amir Temur and made hajj to Mekka 32 times. He appealed people to be modest and rejected the luxury. His philosophy was based on the principle: "Dil ba joru, dast ba kor" ("The heart - with the God, hands at work"). The main building of the complex is the khanqah. Before the frontal of the mosque there is the minaret and small madrassah. To the west from dahma, in separate courtyard there is the large necropolis, where Naqshbandi is buried. Graves of his mother and his teacher - Said Mir Kulol, are...

  The Memorial Museum of Imam Al Bukhari Memory The museum is located in a modern building, designed by architect Zoirsho Klichev Bukhara. The museum was opened in 2001 and its exposition devoted to the life and work of the brilliant researcher Hadith, luminary of theology of Islam - Imam Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari.   The museum is located in a modern building, which is constructed to the design of Zoirsho Kilichev, the chief architect of Bukhara city. Established in 2001, the museum is dedicated to the life of Imam Muhammad ibn Ismail al Bukhari, the outstanding researcher of Hadith and coryphaeus of the Islam theology. Al-Bukhari's fundamental work is "Al-Jome as Sahih," which is sacred in Islam after the Koran. To write this book the scholar had studied more than 600,000 hadiths (sayings of the Prophet Muhammad). In the Muslim world, al-Bukhari is entitled to 'Amirul-muminin filhadith,' which from Arabic means the "Master of Hadith Scholarship."  ...

  Making a   trip to Uzbekistan , to one of the most mysterious cities – Bukhara, do not neglect a chance to visit Fayzulla Khodjaev Museum. House-Museum of Fayzulla Khodjaev, located in the old part of  Bukhara , in Goziyon neighborhood, is the bright example of the architecture of the XIX century. Fayzulla Khodjaev Museum memorializes one of the eminent politicians of Uzbekistan, whose active work fell on the beginning of the XX century. Fayzulla Khodjaev, is, undoubtedly, a key politician figure of Uzbek history of 1920-1930. His fantastic career and tragic final left many ambiguities, covered with discrepant myths of the XX century. Fayzulla Khodjaev, a native of Bukhara, belonged to the richest people of Bukhara khanate. At the end of the XIX – beginning of the XX centuries there was a state of classical Asian monarchy headed by the amirs of Mangyt clan under the protectorate of the Russian Empire.  Fayzulla Khodjaev’s father was a merchant- millionaire, who mad...