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Description and is it worth a visit
Uzbek Khan Mosque
Uzbek Khan Mosque is the oldest of all existing Crimean mosques. It has been preserved the best of all and occupies a central place among the sights of the Old Crimea. Without visiting this place, it is impossible to get fully acquainted with the history of the city, and no excursion is complete without it.
The mosque was built in 1314 on the instructions of Khan Uzbek, one of the khans of the Golden Horde, who ruled from 1313 to 1341. At that time, the center of the Golden Horde was located on the territory of the Old Crimea, and the city was called Solkhat and was the capital of the khanate.
Uzbek Khan, Islamic title — Sultan Giyas ad-Din Muhammad (c. 1283 — 1341) — Khan of the Golden Horde since 1313; son of Togrul (Togruljaya, Togrulchi), the tenth son of Mengu-Timur; nephew of Khan Tokhta. Under him, Islam was recognized as the state religion of the Golden Horde. The Uzbek was especially active in asserting his power in the Russian principalities, married his sister Konchaka to the Moscow Prince Yuri Danilovich. He patronized Moscow in its struggle with the Tver princes. During the reign of the Uzbek, the gathering of Russian principalities began under the rule of Ivan Kalita, the younger brother of Yuri, which eventually led to the withdrawal of the Principality of Moscow (later the Great), and then the whole of Russia from the citizenship of the khans of the Golden Horde.
The reign of the Uzbek became the time of the highest power of the Golden Horde. In Russian chronicles it is known as Alabuga, Azbyak, Ozbyak.
Source: wikipedia.org
Today, the Uzbek Khan Mosque is not just a mosque, but a kind of open-air archaeological museum. On the territory, in addition to the building of the ancient mosque itself, there are ruins of an ancient building – a madrasa, the oldest in the European part. Tombstones with carved inscriptions found during archaeological excavations are collected in open areas.
You can go inside the mosque, but of particular interest to tourists is the portal in front of the entrance to the building with carved ornaments and a preserved Arabic inscription about its construction. At the entrance, you must comply with the requirements for clothing: no shorts and T-shirts, open shoulders and provocative clothing. Before entering, you can take a cape for free, be sure to take off your shoes.
Uzbek Khan Mosque
Uzbek Khan Mosque
Inside the mosque
The ruins of the madrasa
The ruins of the madrasa
Excavations are still being carried out here
Apparently it was discovered during excavations
Panorama of the mosque
🕐 Working hours
Daily, from 09:00 to 18:00.
💵Entrance fee / ticket price
Free of charge.
🚶 How to get there
The mosque is located almost in the very center of the city on Khalturina Street, 17, and from anywhere in the Old Crimea you can walk here (mosque on the map). It is only 800 meters from the city bus station. The easiest way to visit the mosque is with group day trips, which are widely offered in the resorts of the Crimea, especially in Feodosia, Sudak and Koktebel. Also during the day you can get here by your own transport or by bus, more about all the ways how and how to get to the Old Crimea told here ...
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