Khazrati Imam Mosque, Uzbekistán
Khast-Imam, a cultic architectural complex and the religious heart of Tashkent, is located in the old part of the city amidst ancient wattle-and-daub houses.
The complex formed around the grave of outstanding Muslim scholar Khazrati Imam, who was one of Tashkent’s first imams. Khazret Imam was born in 903, in Tashkent, which at that time had the name of Madina ash Shash, into the family of a skilled kaffal.
The boy was named so after the first caliph and the Prophet’s senior companion. Abu Bakr is recognised as a talented poet, mystic and theologian, who was an expert in the Koran, Hadith, Islamic Law and lexicology. Khazrati Imam died in 976-77.
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