Stay : Uzbekistan through the holy places
Uzbekistan has some of the greatest holy places of Islam. The religion remains largely tinged with shamanism and Zoroastrianism. A tour through the main spiritual sites of the country can also be done from Termez, gateway to Buddhism from India to China.
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6 days
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Detail of the stay : Uzbekistan through the holy places - 6 days
Day 1: Arrival in Tashkent
Steps: Tachkent
Isolated from the rest of the Muslim empire by the emergence of a Shiite power in Iran, the Muslims of Central Asia then had to face the war waged by communism against Islam, then remained isolated under the sway of the Soviet regime.
Visit of the great places of worship of the Uzbek capital: Barak Khan madrasa, where the grand mufti of Central Asia is located, and excursion to the mausoleum of Zenghi Ata in the afternoon.
MAUSOLÉE DE ZENGHI ATA
Day 2: The Pearl of Islam
Steps: Boukhara
Flight to Bukhara in the morning. Visit to the mausoleum of Baha al-Din Naqchband (1318-1389), the founder of the Sufi order of the Naqchbandi, the most widespread in Central Asia. Three pilgrimages to the tomb of Naqchband are equivalent to a pilgrimage to Mecca.
Day 3: The Timurid capital
Travel to Samarkand in the morning. Visit of the Al-Bukhari mausoleum, one of Hadith's greatest collectors, born in 810 in Bukhara. He collected more than 600,000 words from the Prophet during a 15-year journey through the Muslim world. President Islam Karimov erected a rich mausoleum for him, financed by Saudi Arabia, claiming to make it a new Mecca.
Day 4: Towards the stronghold of Central Asia
Steps: Samarkand, Ferghana, Chakhimardan
Samarkand flight at Ferghana. Walk in the afternoon to the hills of Chakhimardan.
Day 5: On Ali's grave
Steps: Chakhimardan
Excursion to the Chakhimardan Mountains, an Uzbek enclave located 55 km inside the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic. There is one of the seven tombs of Ali, the Prophet's son-in-law, in the sumptuous setting of the high mountains and at the confluence of two rivers with transparent waters.
Day 6: The greatest Koran in the world
Steps: Tachkent
Return to Tashkent and visit the Amur Timur Museum where one of the greatest Korans in the world, and also one of the oldest, is located. Takeoff at the end of the day.
MUSÉE AMUR TIMUR
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