Day-6 Sitorai Mokhi-Khosa

The extant Sitorai Mokhi Khossa place was built in 1912 1918 by order of the last Emir of bukhara Mir Sayyd Muhammad Alim Khan. The construction involved the best Bukhara masters of the time along with two Russian engineers Marguils and Sakovitch. The palace main building consists of several reception halls and emir's private rooms. Special attention was given to White Hall decorated by the famous master usto Shirin Muradov who was subsequently perpetuated in a monument installed in the territory of the summer residence. White Hall was decorated with ganch, laid on walls covered with mirrors. any of the patterns was never repeated. it is worth noting that mirrors in the Sitorai Mokhi-Khossa Palace are in huge amount. There you can see Venetian mirrors ever trellis, which creates a reflection repeated 40 times. In addition the summer palace includes a tea room. small minaret, and guest house richly instructed with braid gold. each place has its own storiesand legends one can talk for hours. In 1927 shortly after the fall of the Emirate od Bukhara the palace transformed into a museum. its exposition was periodically changed. But today it houses the Museum of Arts and Crafts. the exposition includes palace furniture of the 19-20 the centuries jewelery and golden-embroidered products made by Bukhara masters, objet d'art from Russsian and Japanese porcelian of 14-20 th centuries. in the mid 20 th century Emir of Bukhara Nasrullah Khan decided to built a new country seat for himself. To choose the coolest place not to suffer from summer heat the architects made recource to an old method dressed muttons were put on the potential sites of construction of the suburban pearl of Bukhara. Unfortunately this palace did not survive to the present day several decades later another emir of Bukhara Mir Sayyd Muhammad Alim Khan initiated the construction of a new place there. A legend has it that Emir devoted the palace to his wife.Sitora. the constuction work which lasted several years resulted in the residence of unprecendented beauty. the bukhara architects having trained in Russia managed to combine oriental and western styles in their creation. After a while the Emir's wife died and her name was given to the palace. it was named Sotoara i Mokhi-Khosa translated from tajik Stars like the Moon and this name was preserved to this day.Unfortunately the sitorai Mokhi-Khossa laso shared the fate of the first palace it was destroyed. Over the past century Bukhara has considerably expanded and nowadays the Sitarai Mokhi-Khossa Palace is located as close as 4 km to the city outskirts. The residence of the last Emir of Bukhara where today as a hundred years ago peacocks are swaggering about salutes the visitors in the reflections of its former magnificence as though still available to receive royalties and overseas ambassadors.