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Hissar - Old madrasah


 
 

Old madrasah - Medresei-kukhna (16th - 17th centuries) is a brick structure with the portal entrance crowned by a dome. When inside one can see a wide yard surrounded on the perimeter with khudzhrs (cells). In the early 20th century 100 to 150 students studied there. The classes stopped only in 1921. The library of Old madrasah has also survived.
New madrasah - Medresei-nav (17th -18th centuries), unfortunately, has been completely destroyed. Only the two-storied facade has remained. Both madrasahs are very similar to architectural structures of Samarkand and Bukhara of those times.
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