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 So hi everyone 👋 Today I speak about Sayfiddin’s Caravanserai - a prototype of a modern hotel. Even in the distant past handicraft and trade were the main sources of state revenues. Trade and economic relations are constantly evolving. Along with the eastern bazaars and shops, caravan trade was most popular. Long caravans overcame long distances, carrying silks, jewelry, carpets, china, spices and other popular goods. An uneasy journey through the exhausting desert wore out the traders and their pack animals. They needed rest and lodging. One of such specialized places was Sayfiddin’s Caravanserai in Bukhara, built in the XIX century. Caravanserais served as a kind of parking and a shelter for wandering merchants, a place for rest and lodging, the likeness of a modern hotel or motel. Inside, travelers could store their goods in special storage rooms, feed animals in designated pens, have a snack in a teahouse or take a bath. Another special place in a caravanserai was the exchange mo

 At the end of the XIX century, Russian engineers presented a railway project that was supposed to link Kagan and Chardzhou through Bukhara. In 1884, the project was presented to the then ruler of Bukhara, Emir Nasrullah. Thinking, the emir asked for advice from his vizier and the great scientist Ahmad Donish. After reviewing the document, Ahmad Donish replied to the ruler: "If the work is done on this basis, many of our ancient monuments will be damaged. This is unacceptable for us”" the scientist said. And after a while, by the decree of the Bukhara ruler, he presented his project. The Beleuli caravanserai is located on a natural hill 193.5 meters above sea level, in the southern part of the Ustyurt plateau, 22.9 kilometers northeast of the Beineu-Kungrad highway and railway, 78.3 kilometers to the south- east of the Karakalpakstan railway station and 66.7 kilometers northwest of the Zhaslyk railway station in the Kungrad region of the Republic of Karakalpakstan. Bileuli ca