Özgön

Özgön (Kyrgyz: Өзгөн)[2] or Uzgen (Russian: Узген)[3] (from Sogdian Uzkand ("city of the Uz ")[4] is a town in Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan.

[1] The town is mentioned in Chinese annals of the second century BC.

It was one of the capitals of the Karakhanids, who called it Mavarannahr and left three well-preserved mausolea.

Özgön became the abode of Muhammad b. Nasr during the Kara-Khanid split into two branches.

Accounts of Özgön were found in the works of Arab writers like Al-Muqaddasi and Ibn Hawqal in the 10th century.

Map of Central Asia in the 8th century C.E., showing the city of Uzkand (top right, at the Eastern extremity of Farghana )
French map (1882) of the Fergana valley, showing the city (centre right) under the name of Oûsgent
Özgön Minaret
Uzgen Minaret tower.
Mirza Abu Bakr Dughlat 's unsuccessful attempt to capture Özgön (from the Baburnama ).