The cities of middle ages consisted of three of parts: the citadel in front of the city (Ark), surrounding it inside town (Shahriston) and outside town (rabot).
Chor-Minor madrasah was built in 1807 being sponsored by a wealthy Turkic Caliph Niyazkul. This construction is located on one of the neighborhood streets near the Mazar gates of Bukhara city.
The most ancient preserved Bukhara mosque Magoki Attari (in translation means “the mosque in the pit”, “deep mosque”) is situated in the center of the city, near the Lyabi Hauz complex.
Khanaka (location for merchants) Nadir Divan-Begi is a rectangle-shaped building with dome cross-point ceiling with a unique elongated narrow portal and side towers.
