Sarvara Baxtiyorova
Today our second practice took place at the Magoki Attori mosque. We met with our group at 13:00 and visited to that historical place . Our group members Marjona , Maftuna and Ozoda informed us about mosque. Magoki Attori is located the oldest mosque in Bukhara In the centre of Bukhara to the west of the famous Lyabi Hauz square Its construction in 714 is associated with the name of the Arab Sheikh, Governor of Khorasan, Qutayba Ibn Muslim – one of the first people who brought Islam to the territory of Central Asia. Even before the arrival of the Arabs to Bukhara, a bazaar was located on the site of the mosque, where before the establishment of Islam, Zoroastrian idols, medicinal herbs and spices – attoron – were sold. And in the beginning, this place was called Attoron Bazaar. In the early Middle ages, it was also home to the ancient Mokh Bazaar. In the 1930s, the scientists excavated and found the remains of a carved decoration a...