Chor-Minor Bukhara

The power flickered on and off, the side streets turned to mud, it was windy, it was cold, it was wet...it was Bukhara. In just three days, they received as much rain as they normally do in a years time.
Trudging through the mudded side streets and alley ways with my guide, being stopped occasionally by the local children who, in their best …

... and activity. Also to be found in the town are the old citadel of the city, a massive fortress called the Ark. The Chor-Minor, is a small but impressive building with four dome-topped minarets. Finally, a mausoleum and pilgrimage cite can be found on the ...

... ;       We have a couple of stops on our way.   On the way out of Bukhara, we stopped at the Chor Minor Madrassah which is quite small but with 4 minarets.  As with many of them, it has been turned into a ...

... range of torture chambers and dungeons. Our day finished with a long walk along the back lanes of Bukhara in the shadows of the afternoon to Chor-minor, a quaint small medressa dominated by four minarets that was constructed in 1806-07 by the order of a ...

... . 8)Ulugbek madrassah: Timur's scientist grandson that ruled here and established an astronomy and mathematics school. 9) Abdulazizkhan madrassh. 10) Chor Minor madrassah: that was built by a rich trader for the city of Bukhara, he had 4 daughters ...