Barak-khan madrasah, Tashkent
The monument was built in the XVI by Suyunij Khan, Ulugbek’s grandson. It is known that the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Central Asia is here. It also possesses a rich library of oriental manuscripts. The world famous Koran of Caliph Osman, the Ottoman Koran, is kept here.
The book is the primary source of the holy book of Islam. The ancient manuscript consists of 353 parchment sheets of a very large size with the original Koran texts. For centuries it was kept in the treasury of the Caliphs (consistently in the cities of Medina, Damascus and then in Baghdad). Koran was in Uzbekistan, then (already in the nineteenth century), it was sent to St. Petersburg where it was stored before the revolution. Then Koran was transmitted to Central Asia. The legend says that Osman was killed while reading that book and traces of his blood are still on the pages of the book.
