Gavsul Azam Mosque

A Friday mosque in Yettiuylik mahalla, Gus rural community, Urgut District. The building is on the national heritage register as a 19th–20th-century architectural monument.

Yettiuylik mahalla, Gus rural community, Urgut District

History

The mosque is on the national heritage register as a 19th–20th-century architectural monument, and the same mahalla has a 19th-century shrine of the same name. Al-Ghawth al-Azam, “the greatest helper”, is an honorific of Abdul Qadir Gilani, founder of the Qadiriyya Sufi order.

Official list: Listed by the Samarkand branch of the Muslim Board of Uzbekistan (sammuslim.uz).

Visiting a mosque: cover shoulders and knees (women should wear a headscarf) and take your shoes off at the door; avoid prayer times and ask before taking photos.

Details come from official sources and were checked in October 2026. Details may change — please check before you visit. Something wrong? Let us know

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