SITORAI-MOHI-KHOSA PALACE

The Sitorai-Mohi-Khosa Palace is a country residence of the Emir of Bukhara, built in the late 19th — early 20th centuries.

The first buildings of the palace (which have not survived to this day) appeared in the 18th century, and then during the reign of Emir Seyid-Abdul-Ahad-Khan in the second half of the 19th century.
The new complex was built in the European style, but is divided into male and female parts, inside is decorated in an oriental way. It was erected during the reign of the last Emir of Bukhara Mir Sayyid Alimkhan (1912-1920).
Currently, the palace complex houses the Museum of Decorative and Applied Arts and exhibits the following expositions:
"Interior of the Summer Palace" (main building).
Palace furniture of the 19th-20th centuries, Chinese and Japanese porcelain of the 14th-20th centuries, palace art objects from Russia, jewelry by famous Bukhara masters, gold-embroidered panels and blankets are exhibited here.
"Clothes of a Bukhara citizen of the late XIX - early XX centuries" (octahedral pavilion).
A collection of palace gold-embroidered clothes, belts, scarves, shoes is presented.
"Artistic embroidery of the Bukhara region and household utensils of the late XIX - early XX centuries."

The composition of the collection: decorative panels "suzani", prayer rugs "joynamozy", covers for pillows "takiyapush", embroidered curtains "chimilik".
Ethnographic exhibition of the interior of the house of urban residents of Bukhara.
Scientific and restoration work was carried out in the palace garden, the fortress wall, pavilions, ancient flora and fauna were restored.