Abulkasym Medresse in Tashkent
The architectural Monument of Medresse Abulkasim was built in 1850, with money donated by Tashkent noble man Abulkasim, who lived during the 19th c. in Tashkent. This building was originally used as an Islamic college. The yard of the Medresse had an indoor water-pool with a cupola in the shape of a dome - or sardoba. When entering the Medresse to the left there was a classroom, to the right - a mosque, and in the inner courtyard was located the Honakoyi Muyi Muborak. On the 17th of June 1865, the famous Tashkent-Russian peace agreement (headed by Russian general Chernyaev) was signed here. Also the founder of the Uzbek novelist school, Abdulla Kodiri, studied here from l914 - 1917.
Abulkasym Medresse in Tashkent