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Religion · Uzbekistan

From Tengrism to Islam: the beliefs, holy places and religious figures of the Turkic peoples.

Beliefs

FaithIslam in UzbekistanThe religion of the great majority; Bukhara and Samarkand gave the Islamic world great scholars.Read more →

Shrines

ShrineShah-i-ZindaThe "Living King" — a street of mausoleums in Samarkand whose blue-tiled tombs are jewels of the Timurid era.Read more →

Religious figures

PersonImam al-BukhariHadith scholar (810–870) whose Sahih al-Bukhari is regarded in Sunni Islam as the most authoritative book after the Quran.Read more →
PersonBaha-ud-Din NaqshbandA Sufi master of Bukhara (1318–1389) and eponym of the Naqshbandi order, one of the most widespread in the world.Read more →