Palace Kudayarkhan and Medersa Naburtabey

Historical Site

Palace of Khudayar Khan

Place type
Historical Site
Elevation
406 m

Field notes

The field account

In the centre of the town of Kokand, in the Fergana Valley, is the Kokand Urda Citadel, better known as the Khudoyar Khan Palace, which ruled the Kokand Khanate from 1845 to 1875. The palace is included in the World Heritage List and has been transformed into a museum of history. It consisted of 119 rooms and 7 palaces and surrounded by a huge park of nearly 500 meters wide and long. Its construction began during the reign of Mohammad Alikhan and was completed in 1863 during the reign of Khudoyar Khan

Map margin

Where it sits

Visual field notes

A closer look