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Prayer Rooms and Masjids in Samarkand

The Samarkand prayer guide brings together masjids and records with clear on-site or nearby prayer-access signals.

The café and fast-food centre near the Samarkand theatre.
Registan Street / theatre area

Samarkand

Registan Street Fast Food Centre

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A casual, low-cost café-and-fast-food stop near Samarkand theatre for flexible small orders between Registan and the boulevard area.

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A cook prepares shashlik at Bobur Restaurant in Samarkand.
Bibi-Khanym / Siyob old-city edge

Samarkand

Bobur Shashlik

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A casual Chorraxa Street grill near Bibi-Khanym and Siyob Bazaar, serving freshly prepared skewers with bread, salads and tea.

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Samarkand GUM Trade Center.
Central Samarkand

Samarkand

Samarkand GUM Trade Center

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shopping centre

A practical central department-store style stop for visitors who want to compare everyday purchases without leaving the city centre.

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Interior of Chorsu Art Gallery in Samarkand.
Central heritage route

Samarkand

Chorsu Art Gallery

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art gallery

A restored domed market building near Registan, now used for compact art and craft exhibitions in the centre of Samarkand.

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Navruz celebration in Samarkand.
Alisher Navoi Central Park

Samarkand

Navruz in Samarkand, 2026

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national holiday celebrations

City celebrations for Navruz recorded by the Samarkand regional government on 21 March 2026.

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Gate of Murod Avliyo Mosque in Samarkand.
Western Samarkand

Samarkand

Murod Avliyo Mosque

Shia mosque

A mapped Shia mosque beside the Murad Avliya Mausoleum in Samarkand’s western urban area.

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Craft festival in Uzbekistan
UNESCO Medieval Timurid and European Cities component

Samarkand

International Embroidery Festival, 2026

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historic-centre festival footprint

The fourth international embroidery festival, announced for central Samarkand on 17–19 April 2026.

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Historic Samarkand Namazgah Mosque
Murod Avliyo Mosque — one of 24 officially listed city congregations

Samarkand

Eid al-Adha in Samarkand, 2026

citywide religious observance

A 2026 Eid al-Adha planning reference for Samarkand, subject to local mosque confirmation.

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Historic entrance to Samarkand Namazgah Mosque
Murod Avliyo Mosque — confirmed participating city congregation

Samarkand

Ramadan Eid in Samarkand, 2026

citywide religious observance

A citywide Ramadan Eid observance reported by the Samarkand regional government in March 2026.

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Mosque at the Sheykh ul-Islam Complex in Samarkand.
Historic quarter

Samarkand

Sheykh ul-Islam Complex

religious complex

A mapped Sunni religious complex in Samarkand’s historic quarter.

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Qushbaqqoli Mosque in Samarkand.
Yangi Bozor / Afrasiyab edge

Samarkand

Kushbokoli Mosque

neighbourhood mosque

A mapped mosque near Yangi Bozor on the Afrasiyab side of the city.

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Khoja Zudmurad Mosque in Samarkand.
Historic centre

Samarkand

Khoja Zudmurad Mosque

neighbourhood mosque

A mapped mosque in Samarkand’s dense historic-centre fabric.

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Dahbedi Complex in Samarkand.
Central historic area

Samarkand

Dahbedi Complex Mosque

mosque complex

A mapped mosque complex in the central historic area.

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Ayvan at the Havasi Complex in Samarkand.
Siyob Bazaar / historic core

Samarkand

Khavasi Complex Mosque

mosque complex

A mapped mosque complex in the Siyob Bazaar historic quarter.

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Moddohi Complex in Samarkand.
Siyob Bazaar / historic core

Samarkand

Maddohi Complex Mosque

mosque complex

A mapped mosque complex near the Siyob Bazaar side of the historic core.

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Khoja Yusuf Hamadani Mosque in Samarkand
Central Samarkand

Samarkand

Khoja Yusuf Hamadani Mosque

neighbourhood mosque

A mapped mosque near Samarkand State Medical University.

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Exterior dome of Khoja Nisbatdar Mosque in Samarkand.
Old city south

Samarkand

Khoja Nisbatdar Mosque

neighbourhood mosque

A mapped mosque south of Samarkand’s historic centre.

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Sogdiyona district

Samarkand

Yangiobod Mosque

neighbourhood mosque

A mosque in Samarkand’s Sogdiyona district, reported by the regional Muslim administration at its opening.

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Southern Samarkand

Samarkand

Sari Machit Mosque

neighbourhood mosque

A mapped mosque on Samarkand’s southern urban edge.

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Samarkand

Khodja Imam Mosque

neighbourhood mosque

A mapped mosque in the old-city area of Samarkand.

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Historic centre

Samarkand

Naqshin Mosque

neighbourhood mosque

A mapped prayer reference in the historic centre.

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Samarkand halva displayed at Siyob Bazaar
Alisher Navoi Street

Samarkand

Taste of Samarkand Festival, 2026

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culinary festival

A named local-chef culinary programme held on the second day of the March 2026 food-festival programme.

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Samarkand naan displayed at Siyob Bazaar
Alisher Navoi Street

Samarkand

Dishes of the East Festival, 2026

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culinary festival

A first-edition culinary festival held in Samarkand on 23–24 March 2026.

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Traditional Samarkand plov with linseed oil
Samarkand city footprint

Samarkand

Samarkand Plov Festival, 2025

citywide culinary festival

A completed 1–3 August 2025 food festival record; no future recurrence is asserted.

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