Ukkosha Mosque

Ukkosha Mosque — an architectural monument in Tashkent (15th century). It is located in the southeast of Chorsu, on Samarkand Gate Street in the Chorsu district. The Ukkosha Mosque is named after the ancient Ukkosha spring, which is the most famous and considered medicinal water in Tashkent (the spring, located in the courtyard of the Chorsu hotel, was covered due to the construction of the hotel). It consists of a two‑storey gatehouse (late 19th – early 20th century), a courtyard, a western domed prayer hall, an adjoining ayvan and a peshayvan (the peshayvan and the eastern gatehouse of the courtyard were rebuilt at the end of the 20th century). The prayer hall walls are thick, four‑aisled. The western aisle contains the mihrab, the other aisles have doors installed. The lintel part is curved, the external aisle lintel is a curved line. The dome rests on the aisles. The dome’s underside has distinctive aisle arches. The ayvan columns are 4.8 and 16‑sided, the capitals on the column shafts are finely crafted. The Ukkosha Mosque is presumed to have been built by Khoja Akhro.

The mosque has been operating since May 1991. On 22 October 1998 it was registered by the Tashkent city Department of Justice with certificate number 107. The current imam‑khateeb is Madaliyev Ilhomjon.