Tashkent Khazrati Imam Architectural Complex Tillya Sheikh Mosque (Golden Sheikh Mosque)
Khazrati Imam is named after Kaffal Shashi (Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Ismail al-Kaffal al-Kabir as-Shashi, also known as Abu Bakr as-Shashi) 904-979, who was born into a family of locksmiths (kaffal means locksmith), became renowned as a spiritual successor to the hadith scholar Muhammad al-Bukhari (810-870); a poet, polyglot, and the author of many books on Islamic Law. After studying in Baghdad he finally returned to Tashkent to become the first Tashkent Imam.
The Tillya Sheikh Mosque was the Friday Mosque in Tashkent. There are conflicting construction dates for this mosque: 1856-57, 1890, or 1903, are claimed.
Patron: Mirza Ahmad Kushbegi, a wealthy Kokand Khan known as Tillya Sheikh, the Golden Sheikh, because of his wealth and philanthropy.
Tashkent Khazrati Imam Architectural Complex Tillya Sheikh Mosque (Golden Sheikh Mosque)
Khazrati Imam is named after Kaffal Shashi (Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Ismail al-Kaffal al-Kabir as-Shashi, also known as Abu Bakr as-Shashi) 904-979, who was born into a family of locksmiths (kaffal means locksmith), became renowned as a spiritual successor to the hadith scholar Muhammad al-Bukhari (810-870); a poet, polyglot, and the author of many books on Islamic Law. After studying in Baghdad he finally returned to Tashkent to become the first Tashkent Imam.
The Tillya Sheikh Mosque was the Friday Mosque in Tashkent. There are conflicting construction dates for this mosque: 1856-57, 1890, or 1903, are claimed.
Patron: Mirza Ahmad Kushbegi, a wealthy Kokand Khan known as Tillya Sheikh, the Golden Sheikh, because of his wealth and philanthropy.