Tall portals
Blue-tiled.
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A memorial complex and family necropolis in the village of Sumitan, about 5 km west of Bukhara, built around the grave of Abu Bakr Said, who died in 360 AH (970-971 CE). Its name, Chor-Bakr, means «four Abu Bakrs», after four men of that name, descendants of the Prophet Muhammad according to tradition. The Shaybanid ruler Abdullah Khan II founded it in 1559, with a mausoleum, a mosque, a madrasa and a large courtyard enclosed by high walls. It grew over the following centuries into a small city of tombs, courtyards and lanes, sometimes called a «city of the dead». It has tall portals framed in blue tile, a walled water pool, a minaret built in 1890, and verses from Surat al-Isra on its mosque façade. The madrasa was restored in 1950, 1971 and 1999. Tickets are about 15,000 som for foreigners, per visitor guides. It is quiet and far less busy than central Bukhara; take a taxi, and dress modestly.
Blue-tiled.
A small city.
In the courtyard.
Sumitan village, about 5 km west of Bukhara
«Four Abu Bakrs», after four men of that name; the complex lies about 5 km west of Bukhara.