26th SEPT 2018
Khazret – Imam is a religious center of Tashkent, located in the old town, within the neighborhoods with the old wattle and daub houses that have experienced earthquake of 1966.
This complex appeared near the tomb of one of the first imam of Tashkent city, the famous scientist, scholar of the Koran and Hadith, poet and craftsman Khazret Imam (full name – Abu-Bakr Muhammad Al-Kaffal Shashi).
On the territory of the Khazret-Imam, there are few architectural monuments, including the madrasah of Barak-Khan, Tilla Sheikh Mosque, mausoleum of the Saint Abu Bakr Kaffal Shashi and the Islamic Institute of Imam al-Bukhari, where future preachers are taught. The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Central Asia, led by the Mufti, is also placed there.