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Hello students😊😊At the moment,I want to talk about our sixth day.We went to the Timi Abdulla Khan and many museums, which is located there, with coursemates and teacher Matluba Ahmedova today😇😇😇

Now I want to share with you the memories of our wonderful day. Actually, Kukaldash madrasah is the ancient section of Bukhara city .The monument is a large earthen fortification located in northwestern part of Bukhara.🤩🤩👍👍

Abdullah-khan II (1533-1598), was the most successful khan of the Shaybanid dynasty. During his reign, trade and commerce were booming in Bukhara, as the Khan struggled to unify the Uzbeks under a single Khanate. As the streets became increasingly choked with stalls and merchants, authorities came up with a novel idea. To clear traffic congestion, the bazaars would be moved off the streets and inside permanent trading domes! In a way, these “tims” or “shopping passages” became the first shopping malls. Merchants were allocated their own space to set up shop, and with thick masonry walls, temperatures were kept moderate year round.

The Tim Abdulla Khan covered bazaar was built in 1577 as Bukhara’s primary covered market. Also known as “Tim-i Kalan”, or the “Great Market,” it was, and remains, an important site for Uzbekistan’s silk fabric trade. Even nearly 450 years later, carpets and silk fabric are sill being sold here, outdating the supposed oldest shopping mall in the world located in Milan by 300 years. Under its central dome and many side galleries is room for 59 shops, with a total 1,600 square meters (17,200 square feet) of retail space.

Situated between the trade domes of Toki-Zargaron, and Telpak Furushon, to take advantage of the traffic between them, the Great Market is still benefiting from its strategic location. The streets outside are no longer as busy, and local Bukharans shop elsewhere, but for tourist traffic location is everything. Visitors are not only attracted to the building for what’s being sold inside, but also for the architecture. The large central dome is lined with windows letting in natural light, and side galleries with vaulted ceilings also remain well lit thanks to strategically placed latticework open to the outside. There is an added benefit of good ventilation which makes sure the air remains fresh, even on scorching hot summer days.

From today's trip I learned many about the history of Bukhara and I want to share some of them with you🥰🥰🥰