Hoji Orinboy Mosque

A Friday mosque in Tersak mahalla, Qoratepa rural community, Urgut District, recorded in the national heritage register as a 19th–20th-century monument.

Tersak mahalla, Qoratepa rural community, Urgut District

History

The national heritage register lists the Hoji Orinboy Friday Mosque as a 19th–20th-century architectural monument. In March 2025 the Prosecutor General’s Office, after inspections with the Cultural Heritage Agency, reported that the historic mosque building had been illegally demolished.

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

Sources (4)

1. sammuslim.uz/oz/press/news/samarqand-viloyatida-tarovih-namozida-xatmi-quron-oqiladigan-ma
2. sammuslim.uz/oz/press/news/samarqand-viloyatida-tarovih-namozida-xatmi-quron-oqiladigan-ma
3. lex.uz/docs/4543266
4. kun.uz/en/news/2025/03/11/three-historic-mosques-in-samarkand-illegally-demolished