Gates of Tashkent
historical gates of the city of Tashkent, Uzbekistan
The Gates of Tashkent, in present-day Uzbekistan, were built around the town at the close of the 10th century, but they did not survive to the present day. The last gate was destroyed in 1890 as a result of the growth of the city, but some of the districts in Tashkent still bear the names of these gates.
History and architecture
The gates formed part of the city fortifications, which had been constructed around the new settlement on the banks of the Bozsuv canal (the canal starts from the right bank of the Chirchik river) at the intersection of caravan routes from the Tien Shan Mountains. The number of gates varied over time. Fifteenth-century sources mention that the gates were named after local tribes, as each tribe was put in charge of guarding a specific gate.
In the mid-19th century, the city wall was rebuilt by the Kokand governor (bekliyarbek). There were twelve gates:
Labzak
Takhtapul
Karasaray
Sagban
Chagatay
Kukcha
Samarkand
Kamalan
Beshagach
Koymas
Kokand
Kashgar.
Some of the gates were named after the cities they led to (e.g. Samarkand darvaza means Samarkand gate, as it was located at the beginning of the road to Samarkand).
Other gates were given the names of the main streets inside the city (e.g., Chagatay darvaza).
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