Bukhara is the capital of the Bukhara Province (viloyat) of Uzbekistan. The region around Bukhara has been inhabited for at least five millennia, and the city has existed for half that time. Located on the Silk Road, the city has long been a center of trade, scholarship, culture, and religion. The historic center of Bukhara, which contains numerous mosques and madrassas, has been listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Bukhara has been one of the main centres of Persian civilization from its early days in 6th century BCE. From the 12th century CE, Turkic speakers gradually moved in. Its architecture and archaeological sites form one of the pillars of Central Asian history and art. The region of Bukhara was for a long period a part of the Persian Empire. The origin of its inhabitants goes back to the period of Aryan immigration into the region.

According to the Iranian epic poem Shahnameh, the city was founded by King Siavash, son of Shah Kai Kavoos, one of the mythical Iranian kings of the Pishdak (Pishdadian) Dynasty. He said that he wanted to create this town because of its many rivers, its hot lands, and its location on the silk road. As the legend goes, Siavash was accused by his stepmother Sudabeh of seducing her and even attempting to violate her. To test his innocence he underwent trial by fire. After emerging unscathed from amidst the flames, he crossed the Oxus River (now the Amu Darya) into Turan. The king of Samarkand, Afrasiab, wed his daughter, Ferganiza to Siavash, and further granted him a vassal kingdom in the Bukhara oasis. There he built the Ark or Arg (Persian for 'citadel') and the surrounding city. Some years later, Siavash was accused of plotting to overthrow his father-in-law and become the king of united Iran and Turan. Afrasiab believed this and ordered Siavash's execution in front of Farangis, and buried Siavash's head under the Hay-sellers' Gate. In retaliation, King Kai Kavoos sent Rostam, the legendary super-hero, to attack Turan. Rostam killed Afrasiab, and took Farangis and Siavash's son, Kay Khusrau, back to Persia.

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Hotel Nazira - Aizbek, Bed and Breakfast

Address: 1 N. Khusainov Street 200118 Bukhara Uzbekistan
Accomodation:10 rooms

nazirabuh@intal.uz

Phone: +998652242377

Hotel Amulet

Address: Nakshbandi Street, 73 Bukhara

Accommodation: 10 rooms

amulet-hotel@bk.ru
Tel: +998-65224-53-42

Fax: (998-65) 224-17-28

Boutique Minzifa Hotel

Address: Eshoni Pir 63 Old Town Bukhara
Accommodation: 12 rooms

info@hotelminzifa.com

Phone: +99865 2245628

Fax: +998 65 2245628

Cell: +99871 9601617

Komil Bukhara Hotel

Address: Barakiyon street 40, 705018 Bukhara

Accommodation: 17 rooms

info@komiltravel.com

Phone: +998 65 223 87 80

Fax: +998 65 223 78 12

Cell: +998 65 190 49 01

Uzbekistan Railways Timetable

Last update: August 2010
International train timetable from Uzbekistan

Train №	Destination	Time and days
		Departures	Arrivals
5	Tashkent - Moscow	18.50 sun. tue. fri.	15.20 wed. fri. mon.
6	Moscow - Tashkent	23.16 wed. fri. mon.	21.00 sat. mon. thu.
232	Tashkent - Saratov	11.10 sat.	11.31 tue.
231	Saratov - Tashkent	4.17 wed.	4.40 sat.
281	Tashkent - Ufa	23.25 sun. thu.	3.15 wed. sun.
282	Ufa - Tashkent	09.38 wed. sun.	12.45 fri. tue.
295	Tashkent - Kharkov	20.40 wed.	3.07 sun.
296	Kharkov - Tashkent	11.52 sun.	21.20 wed.
485	Tashkent - Chelayabisk	23.25 wed.	11.40 sat.
486	Chelayabisk - Tashkent	23.50 sun.	12.45 wed.
367	Dushanbe - Kanibadam	11.13 sun. thu.	14.53 mon. fri.
368	Kanibadam - Dushanbe	12.01 thu. tue.	17.04 wed. 17.34 fri.
389	Kanibadam - Kurgan Tyube	12.01 sat.	18.31 sun.
390	Kurgan Tyube - Kanibadam	7.59 mon.	14.53 tue.
573	Dushanbe - Moscow	15.15 sun. tue. fri.	3.10 thu. sat.
574	Moscow - Dushanbe	12.08 sat. mon.	15.30 wed. fri.
329	Kulyab - Moscow	19.54 wed.	3.10 mon.
330	Moscow - Kulyab	12.08 thu.	23.54 mon.
917	Khujant - Saratov	16.01 wed. mon.	12.51 sat. thu.
918	Saratov - Khujant	15.20 sat. thu.	16.15 tue. sun.

Uzbekistan domestic train timetable

 

 

 

 

 

 

Train №	Destination	Time and days
		Departures	Arrivals
2	Tashkent - Samarkand	7.00 mon. thu. fri. sat. sun	10.50 mon. thu. fri. sat. sun
1	Samarkand - Tashkent	17.00 mon. thu. fri. sat. sun	20.50 mon. thu. fri. sat. sun
10	Tashkent - Bukhara	11.35 mon. tue. wed. thu.	8.05 mon. tue. wed. thu.
9	Bukhara - Tashkent	6.35 tue. wed. thu. fri.	14.20 tue. wed. thu. fri.
50	Tashkent - Samarkand	19.00 every day.	23.55 every day.
49	Samarkand - Tashkent	7.00 every day.	10.55 every day.
391	Andijan - Bukhara	13.00 fri.	13.00 sat.
392	Bukhara - Andijan	14.40 sat.	14.00 sun.
54	Tashkent - Kungrad	15.40 wed. sat.	17.25 thu. sun.
53	Kungrad - Tashkent	8.50 fri. mon.	9.40 sat. tue.
54	Tashkent - Urgench	15.40 wed. sat.	11.35 thu. sun.
53	Urgench - Tashkent	14.05 tue. sat.	9.40 wed. sun.
280	Tashkent - Termez	17.25 even	13.00 odd
279	Termez - Tashkent	14.30 odd	9.00 even
662	Tashkent - Bukhara	20.00 Every day.	8.00 Every day.
661	Bukhara - Tashkent	18.45 every day.	7.00 every day.
660	Tashkent - Andijan	17.55 thu.	9.45 fri.
659	Andijan - Tashkent	18.15 sun.	9.10 mon.
666	Tashkent - Kitab	20.25 odd	9.47 even
665	Kitab - Tashkent	16.25 even	5.55 odd
917	Kungrad - Beyneu	8.50 every day.	21.44 every day.
918	Beyneu - Kungrad	9.10 every day.	19.05 every day.