NARBUTABAY MADRASAH AND THE MAUSOLEUMS MODARI KHAN AND DAKHMA-I-SAKHAN

Dating back to the late th century, this madrasas was one of the few, with the Mir-i-Arab madrasas in Bukhara, to host students during the period of Soviet occupation. It is still home to 150 students. Here, the visit (negotiating the price at the entrance) makes it possible to familiarise oneself with the operation of madrasas and the life of teachers as well as students, unlike the madrasahs transformed into souvenir shops. Just behind, the cemetery of the/has two mausoleums, at the end of a small street behind madrasas; This is done by bypassing it by the right. The Modari Khan Mausoleum, built in 1825, houses the remains of the mother of Omar Khan. The monument is surmounted by a blue dome and its portal mimics, in miniature, that of Bibi Khanum mosque in Samarkand. The Dakhma-i-Chakhan mausoleum (or «the tomb of the kings»), which is more imposing and colorful (it was restored in 1970), combines styles that illustrate the artistic talents recognized by the three khanates of Uzbekistan: Uzs's woodwork, the Ferghana paintings and the ornaments of Bukhara. Beside the mausoleum lies the tombs of the khan, his sons and his brother.