On November 3, Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the Koshmadrasah architectural ensemble in Bukhara and reviewed its restoration work.
The Abdullakhan Madrasah is a distinctive monument of 16th-century Uzbek architecture. It was built in 1588–1590 on the initiative of Abdullakhan II, a Shaybanid ruler of the Bukhara Khanate.
The madrasah’s layout and interior feature complex engineering solutions. Its main entrance faces south and is decorated with geometric mosaics made of blue ceramic tiles and glazed ornamental elements.
In the 16th century, the madrasah was one of the largest and most prestigious centres of higher education and science in Mawarannahr. Its curriculum included religious subjects as well as Arabic language and literature, logic, philosophy, mathematics, geometry and medicine.
The Modari Khan Madrasah stands in the southern part of the ensemble. Abdullakhan II had it built in 1566–1567 in honour of his mother. The two madrasahs face each other along the same axis.
The ensemble underwent partial restoration in 2023–2024 as part of a project costing 6 billion soums. It now receives about 1 million tourists a year.
Mirziyoyev was presented with a plan for further restoration of the ensemble. He instructed officials to create even more comfortable conditions for tourists.
