Tashkent Mosque

About the Mosque

Tashkent is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan, known for its beautiful mosques, Islamic architecture, and rich cultural heritage. The city combines traditional Central Asian culture with modern development, featuring the historic Chorsu Bazaar, Tashkent Tower, and vibrant cultural scene.

There is no single building officially called the "Tashkent Mosque," so it cannot be verified that a structure by that name is genuinely a symbol of the city. The closest candidates are real and documented: the Tellya Sheikh (Hast Imam) Mosque, part of the Hazrati Imam complex built up around the tomb of the 10th-century scholar Abu Bakr Muhammad Kaffal Shashi, which since the 1940s has housed the Mushaf of Uthman, a very early Quran manuscript whose traditional attribution to the third caliph is disputed by scholars. The complex was substantially rebuilt in 2007 under President Islam Karimov and now functions as Uzbekistan's main religious center, while the newer Minor Mosque, opened in 2014, serves as a widely photographed landmark.