Uzbekistan

by MacLeod, Calum; Mayhew, Bradley

• ISBN13: 9780844248523
• ISBN10: 0844248525
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-05-01
• Publisher: Passport Books

Summary

This guide is the first to focus on the wealth of sites and colourful legends at the heart of Central Asia, plus the best of the rest--excursions covering the major related attractions of neighbouring republics Kazakhstan, Krygyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

Author Biography

Calum MacLeod and Bradley Mayhew graduated in Oriental studies from Oxford University. Well-travelled in Russia and Chinese Central Asia, the breakup of the USSR has enabled them to pursue their interest in the region over once-forbidden frontiers

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 10
History	p. 12
Land and People	p. 28
Art and Architecture	p. 36
Facts for the Traveller	p. 41
Getting There	p. 41
Security	p. 41
Air	p. 41
Rail	p. 42
Overland	p. 43
Getting Around	p. 45
Air	p. 45
Rail	p. 45
Road	p. 45
Visas	p. 47
Uzbek Embassies & Consulates Abroad	p. 48
Foreign Embassies in Tashkent	p. 50
Customs, Registration and Police	p. 51
Travel Agencies	p. 52
Itineraries	p. 55
Health	p. 55
Climate	p. 58
Clothing	p. 59
What to Bring	p. 59
Money	p. 59
Photography	p. 60
Communications	p. 60
Electricity	p. 63
Media and Information	p. 63
Time	p. 64
Accommodation	p. 64
Food and Drink	p. 65
Festivals and Holidays	p. 69
Behaviour, Customs and Culture	p. 70
Handicrafts and Costume	p. 72
Tashkent	p. 74
Sights	p. 77
A Walk Through Modern History	p. 77
Alisher Navoi Opera and Ballet Theatre	p. 80
Metro	p. 80
Museums	p. 81
Old Tashkent	p. 85
Sheikhantaur Cemetery	p. 85
Chorsu	p. 87
Khast-Imam Square	p. 88
Miscellanea	p. 89
Theatres	p. 90
Sports	p. 91
Shopping	p. 92
Practical Information	p. 92
Around Tashkent	p. 102
Zengi Ata Mausoleum	p. 102
Chimgan-Charvak	p. 102
Excursion to Kazakhstan: Turkestan	p. 107
Sights	p. 108
Practical Information	p. 109
Tashkent to Dzhizak	p. 110
Dzhizak	p. 110
Tamerlane's Gates	p. 113
Zaamin National Park	p. 113
Nurata Mt. Walnut Tree Reserve	p. 114
Ferghana Valley	p. 115
Tashkent to the Ferghana Valley	p. 118
Kokand	p. 119
Sights	p. 120
Practical Information	p. 123
Rishtan Art Ceramics Factory	p. 125
Ferghana	p. 126
Sights	p. 126
Margilan	p. 127
Sights	p. 128
Silk Factories	p. 129
Practical Information	p. 130
Shakhimardan	p. 131
Practical Information	p. 132
Andijan	p. 134
Sights	p. 134
Practical Information	p. 137
Namangan	p. 137
Sights	p. 139
Practical Information	p. 140
Around Namangan	p. 141
Excursions to Kyrgyzstan	p. 143
Osh	p. 144
Uzgen	p. 148
Arslanbob	p. 149
Kyzyl Ungar	p. 150
Samarkand	p. 151
History	p. 151
Sights	p. 158
Registan	p. 158
Bibi Khanum Mosque	p. 162
Bazaar	p. 164
Shah-i-Zinda	p. 166
Afrosiab History Museum	p. 169
Ulug Beg Observatory	p. 170
Chupan Ata Shrine	p. 170
Gur Emir	p. 171
Khodja Abdi Darun and Birun Mausoleums	p. 174
Ishrat Khana Mausoleum	p. 175
Khodja Akrar Complex	p. 175
State Museum of the Cultural History of Uzbekistan	p. 176
Museum of Regional Studies	p. 176
Sadriddin Ayni House Museum	p. 177
Museum of the History of the Monuments	p. 177
International Museum of Peace and Solidarity	p. 177
Practical Information	p. 177
Around Samarkand	p. 183
Urgut	p. 184
Excursion to Tajikistan: Pendzhikent	p. 185
Sights	p. 185
Practical Information	p. 186
The Road South	p. 187
Shakhrisabz	p. 187
Sights	p. 188
Walk Through Shakhrisabz	p. 190
Practical Information	p. 192
Around Shakhrisabz	p. 193
Karshi	p. 194
Sights	p. 194
Practical Information	p. 197
Around Karshi	p. 198
Derbent, Baisun and Sairob	p. 199
Practical Information	p. 200
Shirabad	p. 201
Sights	p. 201
Termez	p. 204
History	p. 204
Sights	p. 208
Practical Information	p. 212
Around Termez	p. 213
Denau	p. 215
Sights	p. 216
Outside Denau	p. 216
Practical Information	p. 216
The Royal Road	p. 217
Tim	p. 217
Karmana	p. 217
Navoi	p. 218
Nurata	p. 220
Camel Trekking	p. 221
Gijduvan	p. 221
Vabkent Minaret	p. 222
Bukhara	p. 223
History	p. 223
Sights: The Old Town	p. 230
The Ark Fortress	p. 231
Zindan	p. 234
Registan	p. 235
Bolo Hauz Mosque	p. 236
Chashma Ayub	p. 236
City Walls	p. 238
Ismael Samani Mausoleum	p. 238
Kosh Madrassah	p. 239
Balyand Mosque	p. 241
Poi Kalon Ensemble	p. 242
Ulug Beg & Abdul Aziz Madrassahs	p. 250
Bukharan Bazaars	p. 251
Magok-i-Attari Mosque	p. 253
Bukharan State Museum of Art	p. 254
Gaukushan Madrassah	p. 254
Lyab-i-Hauz Ensemble	p. 255
Chor Minor	p. 257
Bukharan Backstreets	p. 257
Sights: Outside the Old Town	p. 260
Suburban Excursions	p. 262
Sitorai Makhi Khosa	p. 262
Bakhauddin Nakshbandi Ensemble	p. 265
Chor Bakr Necropolis	p. 266
Kagan	p. 267
Practical Information	p. 267
Around Bukhara	p. 274
Hakkim Mullo Mir Khanagha	p. 274
Varakhsha	p. 274
Afshona	p. 275
Paikend	p. 275
Khorezm	p. 277
Khiva	p. 277
History	p. 277
Sights: Ichan Kala	p. 280
Sights: Dishan Kala	p. 294
Around Khiva	p. 296
Practical Information	p. 297
Urgench	p. 300
Practical Information	p. 300
The Desert Sites	p. 302
Ayaz Kala	p. 303
Toprak Kala	p. 304
Koi Krylgan Kala	p. 305
Excursion to Turkmenistan: Kunya Urgench	p. 306
History	p. 306
Sights	p. 308
Practical Information	p. 309
Nukus	p. 310
Sights	p. 310
Practical Information	p. 312
Around Nukus	p. 316
Muynak and The Aral Sea	p. 317
Language Guide	p. 319
Glossary	p. 323
Recommended Reading	p. 325
Index	p. 328
Special Topics
Tamerlane, Conqueror of the World	p. 17
The Scientists	p. 24
A Tale of Two Leaders	p. 38
Uzbek Spice--Sevara Nazarkhan	p. 104
Last Timurid, First Mogul	p. 133
The Fatal Kiss	p. 165
Ulug Beg, the Astronomer King	p. 172
Mokanna, The Moon Maker	p. 196
Conolly and Stoddart	p. 202
Bukharan Life on the Eve of the Twentieth Century	p. 246
The Death of Tamerlane	p. 302
The Slave Trade	p. 313
The Sea That is Fleeing its Shores	p. 314
The Silk Road	p. 330
Excerpts
Fred Burnaby on a feast of horseflesh	p. 22
Alisher Navoi on the fire of truth	p. 86
Armenius Vambury on Khivan rough justice	p. 286
George Curzon on the stream of the ages	p. 318
Maps
Uzbekistan Transportation	p. 46
Uzbekistan	p. 56
Tashkent	p. 78
Tashkent Metro	p. 81
Ferghana Valley	p. 117
Kokand	p. 124
Ferghana City	p. 126
Margilan	p. 127
Andijan	p. 135
Namangan	p. 138
Samarkand	p. 156
Shakhrisabz	p. 189
Southern Uzbekistan	p. 201
The Royal Road	p. 219
Bukhara	p. 233
Bukhara Old Town	p. 240
Khiva	p. 280
Khiva Old Town	p. 281
Khorezm	p. 311
Lands of the Silk Road: Western Aspect	p. 328
Plans
Registan (Samarkand)	p. 159
Bibi Khanum Mosque	p. 163
Shah-i-Zinda	p. 167
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