Arrival at Tashkent International Airport
The exchange rate at the airport on the day of arrival
For £1 we got 15,600 SUM at the airport
Prices for mobile phone sim packages at Tashkent International Airport
For 60,000 SUM you can get unlimited local calls and 44GB of data
Arrival at the hotel in Tashkent
Exchanging money at the National Bank of Uzbekistan
The Salaat times in Tashkent
The Hazrat Imam Abu Baker Qaffal Ash Shashi Complex
The Masjid at the Hazrat Imam Qaffal As Shashi Complex
The new building of the mosque Hazrat Imam have been erected in 2007. The structure of the mosque consists of the mosque itself, and two minarets, which architecture is kept in the style of the XVI century. Thus, the entrance area of the mosque is decorated with splendid work of woodcarvers, representing various woodcarving schools of Uzbekistan.
Hast-Imam Square, also known as Hazrati Imam, stands as the spiritual heart of the capital and ranks among Tashkent's most picturesque attractions. Nestled within the old city, Hast-Imam is surrounded by historic mud-brick homes that withstood the 1966 earthquake.
The columns in the courtyard are made of sandalwood brought from India, and have a height of 8.6 meters and are decorated with carvings.
Great job also has been done by landscape designers. In particular, there had been imported many exotic trees, shrubs and flowers from different countries and planted on the territory of the complex.
The length of the vaulted hall is 77 meters, the width is 22 meters, and if added with the mihrab, it is 24 meters. The domes are 35 meters high and 25 meters wide. The mosque has 14 large and 48 small lamps, and a dome-shaped like an elongated ellipse is installed in the center of the hall. There are two minarets in the mosque, one of which was built by the masters Ibrahim and Erkin from Khorezm, and the other by the master Sharif and his team from Samarkand. One of the minarets was completed in 26 days and the other in 28 days. The height of the minarets is 52 meters.
The interior of the dome is decorated with gold leaf. Construction was an expensive undertaking: sandalwood columns from India, green marble from Turkey and blue tiles from Iran point to the international underpinning given to this visible new bastion of Islam. Next-door is the administrative centre of the Mufti of Uzbekistan, the head of official Islam in the Republic.
Flanked by a pair of 50m-high minarets, the Hazrat Imam mosque fronts the square. The largest place of worship in Tashkent was built in 2007 in a record-breaking 4 months.
The final resting place of Hazrat Imam Qaffal Al Shashi
The Chilla Khana
The final resting place of Ishaan khan Baba - The first Mufti of Uzbekistan
The Muyi Mubarak Library
The primary attraction on Khast Imam stands in the center of the square: the small Muyi Mubarak Library holds the oldest Quran in the world. The Uthman Quran on display is stained with the blood of the third Caliph Uthman who was martyred while reading it in 655.
The Baruq Khan Madressa
Across the square from the Hazrat Imam mosque stands the Barak Khan Madrassah. Nowadays souvenir shops occupy the student rooms of this 16th-century Medressa. To the side stands the Tellya Sheikh Mosque, formerly Tashkent’s main place of worship.
Built by Mirza Akhmed Kushbegi in 1856, the mosque is a peaceful place with some attractive carved pillars and painted ceilings, though notably less ornate than the Hazrat Imam Mosque that has effectively replaced it.
