Khast-Imam Square, Tashkent
Hast-Imam Square, where relics of the Muslim world are collected is the religious center of Tashkent and the place of worship for Muslim pilgrims. It is located in the old city, within blocks of small mud houses. Barak-Khan (XVI cent.), Tilla-Sheikh Mosque (XIX century), Mausoleum of St. Kaffal Shashi (XV cent.) and Islamic Institute of Imam al-Bukhari, where future preachers are taught are located there, on Hast-Imam square.
There is also kept has a rich library of oriental manuscripts. The world famous Quran of Caliph Uthman - Ottoman Koran has been preserved here. Ottoman Koran is the primary source of Islam holy book that was written in the middle of VII century. An ancient manuscript, consisting of 353 
parchment sheets of very large size with the original text of the Quran for centuries was kept in the treasury of the Caliphs (consistently in the cities of Medina, Damascus and Baghdad).
From Baghdad in the days of Tamerlane Ottoman Koran was in Uzbekistan, then (already in the nineteenth century) had time to visit St. Petersburg, in the hands of Russian scientists, who have proved its authenticity, and the newly migrated through Ufa in Central Asia.
