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City of the khans · Uzbekistan

Kokand travel guide

A palace of tiles and a mosque of carved wooden columns.

Kokand was the capital of the Kokand Khanate, which ruled the Fergana Valley and beyond until the Russian conquest in the 1870s. The Palace of Khudayar Khan, with its tiled facade, was completed just before the khanate fell.

Kokand is usually the first stop in the valley when arriving by train from Tashkent.

Time needed
Half a day
Best time
April–May and September–October
Getting there
Trains from Tashkent take about 4 hours. Margilan and Rishtan are under an hour away.
KYRGYZSTANTAJIKISTAN KokandBishkekDushanbeSamarkandThe PamirsPamir HighwayTurkistanSong-KulTashkentWakhan ValleyFann Mountains

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Sights in Kokand

sightsDakhma-i-Shakhon, Kokand: tombs of the khans and the poet NodiraThe Dakhma-i-Shakhon necropolis of the Kokand khans, with Umar Khan’s carved portal, the Modari Khan mausoleum and the memory of the poet-queen Nodira, and how to visit. sightsJuma Mosque, Kokand: the porch of 98 red columnsThe Juma mosque of Kokand, built under Umar Khan in the early 19th century, with its long porch of carved wooden columns, painted ceiling and minaret, its history and how to visit. sightsKhudayar Khan Palace, Kokand: the last palace of the Kokand khansThe palace of Khudayar Khan in Kokand, built in the 1870s with a long tiled facade, its courtyards and museum, the story of the last khans of Kokand and how to visit. sightsNarbutabey Madrasah, Kokand: the school that stayed openThe Narbutabey madrasah in Kokand, built around 1799 by the ruler Narbuta Bi, one of the few madrasahs that functioned in the Soviet era, its architecture and how to visit.

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What to see in Kokand

  1. 01

    Khudayar Khan Palace

    Tiled courtyards and a museum of the khanate.

  2. 02

    Juma Mosque

    An open prayer hall supported by nearly a hundred carved wooden columns.

  3. 03

    Narbutabey Madrasah

    An active 18th-century madrasah.

  4. 04

    Dakhma-i-Shakhon

    The tombs of the Kokand royal family.

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Continue your journey

All of Uzbekistan
UzbekistanRishtanBlue-green glazes from a town of potters. Half a day UzbekistanFergana ValleySilk, ceramics and the most fertile valley in Central Asia. 2–3 days UzbekistanMargilanHand-woven ikat, from silkworm cocoon to finished cloth. Half a day to 1 day UzbekistanFerganaA green 19th-century town of tree-lined avenues, and the most convenient base for exploring the Fergana Valley. Two nights as a base

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