Namazga Mosque
A 17th-century mosque in Samarkand, built outside the city limits of its day with funds from the philanthropist Nadir Divanbegi
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Overview
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The Namazga Mosque is one of the historic mosques of Samarkand in Uzbekistan. Its name also appears in the forms Namazgoh, Namazgah and Namozgoh. It was built in the 17th century, in an area that then lay outside the city boundaries. It stands on Namazgoh Street in the Kushchinar mahalla. The mosque is listed as an object of tangible cultural heritage of Uzbekistan and is recorded as part of a World Heritage site.
History
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The mosque was built in the 17th century, beyond the boundaries of Samarkand as they were at the time. Its construction was paid for by Nadir Divanbegi, a well-known philanthropist from the Arlat clan of the Uzbeks. He financed several other buildings in Samarkand at various times.