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Photographer’s Note

Photo shows Mir-i Arab Madrassah which was built in the 1530's, during the reign of Ubaidullah Khan. Mir-i-Arab Madrassah was a working Islamic seminary until it was closed in 1920. It was reopned by Stalin in 1944 in an effort to gain Muslim favor for his war effort. Today, it is still a place of study for some 150 students.

The madrassah can't be visited but its facade can be enjoyed from Kalyan Square. An especially fine view of the Mir-i-Arab is from the top of the adjacent Kalyan Minaret. The two luminous blue domes of the madrassah are beautifully tiled and stand out against the mostly brown architecture around it. The tombs of Sheikh Mir-i-Arab and Ubaidullah Khan are beneath the northern dome.

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daddo (11342) 2009-09-17 15:49

Zdravo Majo Tulipane. Da ti nesto kazem- ti si jedina do sad koja si mi vratila povjerenje na nas narod. Neznam zasto, ali meni izgleda da veliki svjet ili nase ne zanima ili se oni plasu ici dalje 'naseg mista'. Oni mali broj nasih koji su bili na TE nisu dugo trajali. Jedina je bila Vedranka iz Zagreba a i ona je otisla.Danas sam primjetio da si ti na TEu vec od 2005te. Lipo je da si advanturista i da cjeli svjet je tvoj dom. A slike koje saljes pokazu meni da se lako prilagodis u raznim situacijama. Mozda ti imas tumacenje zasto Poljaci, Russi, Madjari, Grci i drugi okolo nas lutaju po svjetu a mi smo zadovoljni stati na mistu.Donekle mozda cujem vec odgovor, jer puno puta sam cuo kako mi imamo najbolje ovo i ono. A to mogu govoriti samo oni koji nikad nisu digli glavu preko ograde. Jedan moj prijatelj mi kaze da kod nas nema covjek vremena za ovakve gluposti kao TE, pogotovo ljetom. Ko zna? Pozdrav. Klaudio.