JUMA MASJIT MOSQUE

This small mosque dates from the end of the 16th century. It has two iwans supported by 7 posts, flanking a prayer room. The woodwork of the iwans is well damaged, but this is an opportunity to see paintings in their original state. The courtyard is pierced by a vast basin, and a minaret of 11 m, entirely rebuilt, dominates the whole. Under the basin would be buried Juma Masjit, a native of Samarkand, who preached Islam and came to Karchi to die. Next to it, two 16th-century tombs engraved with Arabic motifs add to the dilapidation of the site.