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BOKHARA (Bokhara-i-Sherif) , capital of the state of Bokhara
Bokhara
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Khan in 1220, and rebuilt subsequently. The water-supply is very unhealthy. The city has no less than 36o mosques. Nearly ro,000 pupils are said to receive their education in its 140 madrasas or theological colleges; primary schools are kept at most mosques. Some of these buildings exhibit very, fine architecture. The most notable of the mosques is the Mir-Arab, built in the 16th century, with its beautiful lecture halls; the chief
minaret , 203 ft. high, from the top of which state criminals used to be thrown until 1871. Of the numerous squares the Raghistanis the principal. It has on one side the citadel, erected on an artificially made eminence 45 ft. high, surrounded by a wall
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Bokhara has for ages been a centre of learning and religious life. The mysticism which took hold on Persia in the middle ages spread;also to Bokhara, and later, when the Mongol invasions of the 13th century laid waste Samarkand and other Moslem cities, Bokhara, remaining independent, continued to be a chief seat of Islamitic learning. The madrasa libraries, some of which were very rich, have been scattered and lost, or confiscated by the emirs, or have perished in conflagrations. But there are still treasures of literature concealed in private libraries, and Afghan, Persian, Armenian and Turkish bibliophiles still repair to Bokhara to buy rare books. Bokhara is, in fact, the principal book-market of central Asia
Jews . Bokhara is the most important trading town in central Asia
New Bokhara, or Kagan, a Russian town near the railway station, 8 m. from Bokhara itself, is rapidly growing, on a territory ceded by the emir. Pop. 2000. (P. A. K.) End of Article: BOKHARA (Bokhara-i-Sherif) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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