scenes from Bukhara

Neat party trick this - a heavy, rolled up carpet they are carrying

Outside the Kalyon Mosque, built in 1514 to replace one destroyed by Genghis Khan, with space for up to 10,000 

Across the way from the mosque, the Mir-i-Arab Madrassa, paid for by the sale of 3,000 Persian slaves in 1535.  Other than between 1925-46, it has been a fully functioning madrassa since it was established. There are said to be about 180 students studying there today, all male, of course.