Registan

The square courtyard includes a mosque and lecture rooms, and is fringed by the dormitory cells in which students lived.

The Ulugh Beg Madrasah (Persian: مدرسه الغ بیگ) was one of the best clergy universities of the Muslim Orient in the 15th century CE.

Abdul-Rahman Jami, the great Persian poet, scholar, mystic, scientist and philosopher studied at the madrasah.

The tiger mosaics with a rising sun on their back are especially interesting for their depiction of living beings and use of Persian motifs.

In 1500, with the backing of the Chaghataite Khanate, then based in Tashkent, Muhammad Shaybani conquered Samarkand and Bukhara from their last Timurid rulers.

During the ensuing years they substantially settled down in oases of the Central Asia, Caspian shore, Tian Shan valleys, Russian steeps and Indostan .

Chorsu located at southeast of the Registan at the intersection of the cross-roads connecting Samarkand, Tashkent, Bukhara, and Shahrisabz.

Chorsu is a word of Persian origin meaning "crossing roads," referring to this famous intersection of busy roadways.

At the moment, it is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List along with the rest of the historical part of the glorious city.