Khazrati Imam Mosque

Updated June 26, 2025

## Khazrati Imam Mosque (Hazrati Imam / Khast Imam Complex) — what to know before you go

Khazrati Imam Mosque sits inside Tashkent’s Hazrati Imam (also written Khast-Imam / Hast Imam) architectural and religious complex—one of the city’s most important Islamic heritage areas, made up of multiple mosques, madrasahs, mausoleums, and museum spaces.

Location (for navigation): 86PR+XGC, Zarkaynar Street, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

### What you’re actually visiting
Many listings use “Khazrati Imam Mosque” to describe the mosque building on site, but in practice most visitors experience it as a compound with several distinct stops:

– Barak-Khan (Baroqxon) Madrasah — a major 16th-century monument within the ensemble.
– Tilla Sheikh (Tillashayx) Mosque — a key working mosque associated with the complex.
– Muyi Muborak Madrasah / “Qur’an Museum” — the place widely cited as holding the Qur’an of Caliph Uthman (Usman Quran / Samarkand Kufic Quran).
– Mausoleum of Kaffal Shashi (al-Kaffal ash-Shashi) — the complex is described as being built around/associated with his tomb.
– A newer Khazrati Imam Mosque building (completed/built 2007), plus administrative buildings for Uzbekistan’s Muslim religious administration, according to multiple travel references.

If you only have time for one “anchor” experience, make it the courtyard-to-madrasah walk plus the manuscript/Qur’an museum space (if open when you arrive), because that pairing explains why this area matters beyond architecture.

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## How to pace the visit (so it doesn’t blur together)

### 1) Start wide: read the complex as a city-within-a-city
This site works best if you treat it like an ensemble, not a single building. The value is in the relationship between the madrasah, mosque spaces, and mausoleum area—religious learning + worship + memory + manuscripts, all co-located.

Practical tip: do one slow circuit of the main open areas first, then pick two structures to enter. Otherwise, you’ll spend your attention budget on doorways and tilework and miss the “why here?” story.

### 2) Barak-Khan Madrasah: the historical backbone
Travel references consistently describe Barak-Khan as one of the central historic structures (16th century) inside the Hazrati Imam ensemble.
Even if you don’t go deep inside, pause long enough to notice how the space is laid out around quiet courtyards—designed for study and community, not just show.

### 3) Muyi Muborak / Qur’an Museum: the manuscript story
The Hazrati Imam complex is widely noted for holding the Qur’an of Caliph Uthman, displayed/kept in the Muyi Muborak Madrasah (often framed as a Qur’an museum).
If you care about Islamic history and material culture, this is the moment where Tashkent stops being “a Soviet-planned capital with new glass towers” and becomes part of a much older manuscript geography.

Reality check: access rules and opening times for museum-style rooms can change; if you arrive and a door is closed, don’t assume you did anything wrong—just adjust and focus on the architectural circuit instead. (I’m not listing hours here because they’re highly changeable.)

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## Respectful visiting guidelines (what to plan for)
Khazrati Imam is a religious site and includes active mosque areas. Plan to behave accordingly:

– Dress modestly (covered shoulders/legs).
– Bring a scarf if you may want to enter prayer spaces and prefer to be prepared.
– Use a low voice, especially near prayer areas and mausoleum spaces.
– Ask or observe before photographing indoors (policies can vary by room and day).

These aren’t “special rules” so much as baseline etiquette for functioning mosque compounds.

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## What’s likely to be outdated (and how to handle it)
Because you asked for outdated-data flags: the most commonly outdated elements for attractions like this are opening hours, which rooms are accessible, and photography rules inside manuscript displays. Rather than guessing, rely on on-the-ground signage the day you go and treat any third-party hours as “best effort, verify.” (The stable, well-sourced facts are the complex composition and key monuments listed above.)

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## How to place it in a Tashkent itinerary
This is a strong morning anchor because it rewards calm attention and because religious compounds tend to feel most coherent when you’re not rushing.

If you’re building internal pathways on RealJourneyTravels, two natural contextual link placements in this article are:
– a “keep exploring” line to your Tashkent city guide / itinerary (if you have one), and
– a “nearby culture stop” link to your Chorsu Bazaar article (if it exists on your site).

(Those are editorial suggestions; I’m not asserting those pages exist.)

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## Quick facts (from provided data + sources)
– Name used in listings: Khazrati Imam Mosque (Hazrati Imam / Khast Imam complex)
– Address: 86PR+XGC, Zarkaynar Street, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
– Coordinates: 41.3373577, 69.2409643 (from your dataset)
– Rating (dataset): 4.6
– Type: Tourist attraction (dataset)
– Key associated elements on site: Barak-Khan Madrasah, Tilla Sheikh Mosque, Muyi Muborak (Qur’an museum/manuscripts), Kaffal Shashi mausoleum; newer mosque building referenced as built/erected in 2007

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