Khoja Ahrar Vali Mosque

A Friday mosque within the Khoja Ahrar Vali ensemble of madrasa, mosques, minaret and pool, run by the Vaqf foundation; the mosque's ablution block was renewed in 2019.

2 Zarafshon St, Khoja Ahror mahalla, Samarkand District

The mosque in the ensemble

The ensemble grew up around the grave of Khoja Ahrar Vali (1404–1490), the great sheikh of the Naqshbandi order. The Khoja Ahrori Vali complex (mosque and dakhma) is on the national register as a 17th-century monument. A blue-domed mosque stands on the axis of the madrasa portal, while beside the tomb are summer and winter mosques and a small minaret of 1909.

The shrine is administered by the Vaqf charitable foundation, which in 2019 had the mosque's ablution block rebuilt with separate facilities for men and women and added new books to the complex's libraries.

More about the monument

Shrine · Samarkand

Khoja Ahrar Complex

A Sufi master's shrine and the 'mirror of Sher-Dor'

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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