G‘ijduvon (G’ijduvon Shahri)
Gʻijduvon (Gʻijduvon, Ғиждувон; Гиждувон; Гиждуван) is a city in the Bukhara Region of Uzbekistan and the capital of Gʻijduvon District (tuman). Its population was 38,600 in 2003, and 43,400 in 2016.
One of the three madrasahs built by Ulugh Beg is in Gʻijduvon (the others are in Samarkand and Bukhara). The tomb and memorial of a prominent Central Asian philosopher Abduholik Gijduvoni is also located in Gʻijduvon.
Historically, Gʻijduvon is used to be an educational, religious, and cultural center for Gʻijduvon and the region. However, starting from the 1930s the population became increasingly secular and today the religion plays a very minor role in everyday life. Modern Gʻijduvon is a commercial center for not only Gʻijduvon district but also for neighboring areas.
There remains in Gʻijduvon a madrasa with a lofty portal built by Ulugh Beg.
One of the three madrasahs built by Ulugh Beg is in Gʻijduvon (the others are in Samarkand and Bukhara). The tomb and memorial of a prominent Central Asian philosopher Abduholik Gijduvoni is also located in Gʻijduvon.
Historically, Gʻijduvon is used to be an educational, religious, and cultural center for Gʻijduvon and the region. However, starting from the 1930s the population became increasingly secular and today the religion plays a very minor role in everyday life. Modern Gʻijduvon is a commercial center for not only Gʻijduvon district but also for neighboring areas.
There remains in Gʻijduvon a madrasa with a lofty portal built by Ulugh Beg.
Map - G‘ijduvon (G’ijduvon Shahri)
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Country - Uzbekistan
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The first recorded settlers in what is now Uzbekistan were Eastern Iranian nomads, known as Scythians, who founded kingdoms in Khwarazm (8th–6th centuries BC), Bactria (8th–6th centuries BC), Sogdia (8th–6th centuries BC), Fergana (3rd century BC – sixth century AD), and Margiana (3rd century BC – sixth century AD). The area was incorporated into the Iranian Achaemenid Empire and, after a period of Macedonian rule, was ruled by the Iranian Parthian Empire and later by the Sasanian Empire, until the Muslim conquest of Persia in the seventh century.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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UZS | Uzbekistan som | so'm or Ñўм | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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RU | Russian language |
TG | Tajik language |
UZ | Uzbek language |