Historic Sights of Tashkent

Ensemble Lyabi-khauz is comprised of three monumental structures. These are:

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  Kukeldash madrassah (16^th century) built by Abdullah II was, at the time, the biggest Islamic School in Central Asia.
  
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  Nadir Devanbegi Madrassah (16^th century) was inteded to be a caravan saray, but according to the order of the ruler Imam Kulimkhan, was reconstructed into a Madrassah.
  

Nadir Devanbegi Khanaka (winter mosque) was built at the same time as the Lyabi-khauz (16^th century).

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   Khorezm.
   

Khorezm is one of the most ancient historical and cultural regions of Central Asia. In written sources of the Arab conquest period, Khorezm is called a country of "tens of thousands of fortresses". In fact, today in the Khorezm region archaeologists have found dozens of ancient cities, ruins of former powerful castles and royal palaces. The most famous of them are Toprak-Kala, Janbas-Kala, Koy-Krylgan-kala, Kyzyl-Kala and Ayaz-Kala (“Kala” is translated as a fortress.) Even today, the colossal sizes of the ruins impress with its magnify.nce and power. Thousands of fortresses spread over vast arid steppes and as gigantic statues keep the secrets of Ancient Khorezm.
Khorezm attracts not only with numerous ruins of ancient and medieval fortresses. It can rightly be considered the homeland of one of the oldest world's religions - Zoroastrianism. The researchers of Avesta, the holy book of Zoroastrians, believe that this ancient religion appeared on the territory of the Great Khorezm (it included Khorezm, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, until the north of Iran). There is a disagreement as to exactly where Avesta was written, but most scholars believe that it appeared on the territory of modern Khorezm.
One of the most interesting mysteries of the history of Ancient Khorezm is an issue about the identity of the concepts of "Aryan nation" and the Great Khorezm. The issue of the origin of the Aryans and their original habitat still remains one of the most mysterious in the history of mankind. Many nations in Asia and Europe have tried to prove their belonging to the Aryan race, but only the area of Great Khorezm matches with geographical and natural conditions specified in the Avesta as "Ariana Vaychoh" - the habitat of the Aryans.

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