Tartarie - Medrese ou College, Bati a Boukhara par l’ordre et aux Frais de l’imperatrice Catherine II (Plate 9) (The Nassar El-Eltchi (Ernazar Elchi) Madrasa, Built near the Devonbegi Pool (Labi Hovuz) in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, by Order and at the Expense of Empress Catherine II of Russia)

Engraver	Augustin Francois Lemaitre (1797-1870)
Date	1848
Technique	Copper Engraving
Category	Uncategorized
Source	Tartarie, Beloutchistan, Boutan et Nepal par M.Dubeux, M.V.Valmont, Afghanistan par M.Xavier Raymond - L'Univers Pittoresque, Firmin Didot Freres, Editeurs, Paris

Description

The Ernazar Elçi Madrasa was a lost madrasa (Islamic school) located in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. It was built in the 1780s during the reign of the Uzbek ruler Daniyal-biy, with funds donated by Catherine the Great as a token of respect for Irnazar Maksud ugli (Ernazar Elçi), the ambassador to the Emirate of Bukhara. It was demolished in the 1960s during the Soviet era, and a small park was built in its place.

Bukhara, Catherine II, madrasa, Central Asia, Russian diplomacy