Kuk Mosque
Small 19th-century neighbourhood mosque in Samarkand's old town, northwest of the Registan, now no longer in use for prayer
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Overview
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Kuk Mosque, whose name means "Blue (or Green) Mosque", is a small neighbourhood mosque in the historic old town of Samarkand. It stands about 350 metres northwest of the Registan square and ensemble, inside a mahalla and surrounded by private courtyard houses. The modest building has an iwan on two sides with nine carved wooden columns. Beside it is a small auxiliary building containing a raised place for the muezzin. The mosque sits in a fairly large courtyard with a small pool (hauz). It is registered as an object of tangible cultural heritage of Uzbekistan.
History
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The mosque was built in the 19th century on the site of an older mosque. It is no longer an active place of worship, and as of August 2018 the building was in a worn, dilapidated condition.