Thus, by the late 19th – early 20th century there were about 60 caravanserais in Bukhara. In order to save space, they often had two stories.
The ground-floor rooms were leased, as a rule, by more prosperous traders. In the caravanserai they kept stocks of goods and made trade deals. The rooms served as a resting place and a place for namaz. The courtyard depicted in Sidorenko’s painting conveys very accurately the originality of Bukhara’s caravanserai.
You can learn more about this topic in the book-album “The Collection of the State Museum of the History of Religion” (Volume XII) from the series “Cultural legacy of Uzbekistan in the world collections”.
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