Uzbekistan
by MacLeod, Calum; Mayhew, BradleyFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-01-01
Publisher(s): Odyssey Books & Maps
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Summary
From the blue-tiled splendor of Tamerlane's Samarkand to the holy city of Bukhara and beyond, the desert-girdled khanate of Khiva, Uzbekistan lays claim to a breathtaking architectural legacy. This guide is the first to focus on the wealth of sites and colorful legends at the heart of Central Asia, plus the best of the rest--excursions covering the major attractions of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. 92 illustrations, 22 maps.
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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