Toqi Sarafon

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Today we finished our second practice week. Our last address is Toqi Sarafon. 

Today our duties talked about this place and gave some information. 

Toki sarrophon (Pers. - the money changer's tower) is an architectural monument in Bukhara (16th century), the main money exchange center. At the intersection of 2 streets of Shahristan, st. Shops of sarros were built on the Shahrud stream. Toki Sarrophon is the smallest dome. The building is 8-sided (size 25x24 m), the inner diameter of the dome is 12 m, the outer dome (bal. 16.55 m) is placed on 4 peaks, it covers the intersection in the south of the city. In the 2nd half of the 16th century, one of the 4 corners of the hall was joined by a mosque, another by the Sarrofon bathhouse, and the remaining 2 by the shop. As a result of the research, it is shown that people lived in the area of ​​this market during the 9th century Somonites. There is information that there was a fire here in the 13th century and that the fire was related to the activities of Genghis Khan. At the entrance to the mosque there is an inscription "This construction was completed in 1534-35 during the reign of Ubaidulla Bahadir Khan". This may also apply to surrounding buildings. During the Shaibani period, Bukhara became a center of private business, lending and money exchange. In Bukhara, there were houses, a trading dome, a caravanserai, a mosque, a bathhouse, and others named after money changers.

Then our trip guides gave some questions and activities 😊.

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