Faizulla Khodjaev House Museum
Fayzulla Xo'jayev uy-muzeyi
A 19th-century merchant's mansion in Bukhara, with well-preserved carved wooden columns, plaster reliefs and painted ceilings. It shows the layout of a traditional courtyard house.
This mansion was built in 1891 by the wealthy merchant Ubaydulla Khodjaev. His son, Faizulla Khodjaev, later became the first leader of the Bukhara People's Soviet Republic and the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, and was executed during the Great Purge in 1938. The house is divided into an outer courtyard for male guests and an inner courtyard for the family. The carved wooden columns, mirrors, plaster reliefs (ganch) and painted ceilings in the reception hall are exceptionally beautiful. The museum displays furniture, clothing and suzani embroidery from that period. Visitors can sometimes dress in traditional costume for photos. Admission is about 20,000 to 30,000 sums. The house is in a residential area southwest of the old city, about a 15-minute walk from Lyabi-Hauz.
Opening hours
About 09:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Magoki-Attari Mosque
- Po-i-Kalyan: Kalyan Minaret & Mosque
- Trading Domes (Toqi)
- Lyabi-Hauz
- Ulugh Beg & Abdulaziz Khan Madrasas
- Ark of Bukhara
- Kosh Madrasa (Modari Khan & Abdullah Khan)
- Zindan Prison