Kokaldosh Madrasah is one of the historical monuments in Tashkent. Muhammad Salih Karakhoja writes in Tashkendi's book "History of Tashkent" that the madrasah "Kokaldosh" was built by Darveshkhan, and in some parts of this book he also called the madrasah Darveshkhan. The madrasa was built and put into operation between 1551-1575. As evidence, historians cite a foundation written in 1569-1570. According to him, the governor of Tashkent Sultan Darveshkhan donated a caravanserai to the madrasah.
The Kokaldosh madrasah was built on the hill of Shahristan in Chorsu Square, next to the Khoja Ahror Vali mosque, following the traditional oriental style. Its spacious courtyard is surrounded by rooms and open porches. The number of cells was 38, and when it was originally built, the madrasa consisted of three floors. The main façade faces south, with a mosque at the entrance and a classroom on the right. The roof of the mosque and the classroom consisted of double inner and outer domes mounted on intersecting arches. The roof is decorated with vinegar rivets and jilva patterns. By the 1830th century, the abandoned madrasa was used as a caravanserai. In 1831-XNUMX, during the reign of Lashkar Beglarbegi, the governor of Tashkent, the crumbling blue domes and bricks on the second floor in front of the classroom and mosque were removed and used to build the now-defunct Beglarbegi madrasah (upper part of the market).
As a result of the earthquake of 1866-1886, the upper part of the roof of the madrasah collapsed and the madrasah was destroyed.
In 1902-1903, repair work was carried out at the expense of charitable funds of the population of Tashkent. Due to lack of funds, the repair work was stopped and the monument was not returned to its previous state.
The Kokaldosh madrasah and the adjacent Khoja Ahror Vali mosque were severely damaged in 1865 during the conquest of Tashkent by General Chernyaev.
In 1886, as a result of the reconstruction of khanaqas and mosques by Russian engineers, it completely lost its original architectural appearance.
Over time, civil wars, strong earthquakes, the use of buildings for various purposes, repeated renovations and restoration gradually lost the original true beauty and grandeur of the madrasa.
Especially in the early XNUMXth century, the madrasah was abandoned. At the end of this century, it was used for caravanserai purposes. During the reign of the communist ideology, the madrasa building was completely neglected: the rooms were used as warehouses, dormitories, various workshops.
No repairs were made even at the level of natural erosion. Abuse and irresponsibility in the repair work carried out by the state led to the madrasa becoming even more deplorable.
The madrassa reconstruction projects adopted in 1974 have been chronically unfulfilled due to indifference.
According to the Ministry of Culture, from 1985 to 1991 the cost of repairs amounted to 347.2 thousand soums.
During the independence period, the madrasa on the east side of the madrasa was flooded twice as a result of a ruptured drinking water pipe passing by the mosque, and the southern part of the madrasa was salted. As there was no foundation under these walls, in 2002 the bricks were replaced again and a new foundation was laid.
The Kokaldosh madrasah was transferred to the Central Asian and Kazakh Muslim Religious Board (now the Muslim Board of Uzbekistan) on June 1990, 29, in accordance with Resolution No. 4372 of the Council of Ministers of the former USSR of December 1991, 3. Since then, preparations for the general renovation of the madrasah have begun.
For the first time during independence, the late Erkin Saidakhmedov took an active part in the madrasah with his own funds and began large-scale repairs. Then the late Naim ota Juraev continued this good work and made it visible. During Naim's reign, the north and south facades of the madrasa, the interior and exterior, were restored to their original condition.
During the reign of Abdurasul Khudoiberganov, all the rooms in the western part of the madrasah and the toilet in the north-west of the building were demolished, and the first floor of the building was rebuilt on the foundation, as indicated in the project. Then the doors and windows, which had not been repaired since 1954, were rebuilt. The second floor of the buildings to the east of the madrasa was restored and covered.
Restoration and repair work carried out until 1996 was carried out mainly at the expense of public donations. Since 1996, the repair work has been carried out with the help of the mayor of Tashkent at the expense of construction materials allocated for the repair of the city of Tashkent, as well as donations to the Muslim Board of Uzbekistan and the madrasah.
Ahror Askarov from Bukhara and Mirobid Mirzoakhmedov, an engineer of the Institute for the Preservation of Monuments of the Ministry of Culture, the author of the construction project of the Kokaldosh madrasah and a master repairman, made a great contribution to the repair work during the independence period.
Many scholars and educators taught and studied at this ancient institution of knowledge. Shamsiddin Muhammad Kurtiy and Khoja Yusuf Kashgari, famous scholars of his time, taught in the 1880th century at the Khoja Ahror Mosque, Barakkhan and Kokaldosh madrasas in Tashkent. One of the representatives of Uzbek classical poetry, the poet Muhammad Aminkhoja Muqimi, every time he came to Tashkent (1890-1889) lived in the madrasah "Kokaldosh". The famous poet Zokirjon Kholmuhammad oglu Furkat, who lived in our city from 1891 to 1910, also lived, studied and was engaged in creative work in this madrasah. Hamza Hakimzoda Niyazi also lived in one of the rooms of the madrasah in 1911-XNUMX. The great representative of Uzbek orifona poetry, the poet Khazini, when he came to Tashkent, of course, stopped at the Kokaldosh madrasah and had many wonderful conversations with teachers and students. Well-known representatives of Uzbek poetry of the late XNUMXth and early XNUMXth centuries: Mullo Qoshok Misni, Sayid Khaybatullo Khoja Khislat, Sirojiddin Sidqi Khandaliqi also studied at the Kokaldosh madrasah. Our famous scholars Sayyid Mahmud Tarozi, Altynkhan Tora, Yunus Maqsudi and Ziyovuddin ibn Eshan Babakhan also studied in the early twentieth century and rose in the ranks of science.
The madrasa taught Islamic law, Arabic and Persian grammar, literature, ethics, mathematics, geometry, and astronomy. The lessons were based on books in Arabic and Persian. The scholars who graduated from the madrasah studied Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages, memorized hundreds of ghazals and thousands of verses, and memorized the Qur'an while lying in the rooms of the madrasah.
According to some sources, among the scholars who contributed to the revival of the science of hadith in our country, the famous Syrian theologian Sheikh Muhammad ibn Said ibn Abdulwahid al-Asali al-Shami at-Tarablusi, who became famous as a Shami teacher, also studied at the madrasa for some time. lived in one of his rooms and taught students.
From the beginning of its activity until 1999, this madrasah was called "Kokaldosh madrasa mosque". In 1999, the Muslim Board of Uzbekistan approved a new charter, and on August 1999, 18, after official registration with the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan, it was renamed "Kokaldosh Tashkent Islamic Secondary Special Education School".
The university received a special permit on October 1999, 10, and officially began operations on November 1.
This tradition, which was in decline due to the tyranny of the dictatorship, was gradually revived due to the freedom granted by the great independence and the boundless devotion of our people to the national religious values. This revival is evident in the reopening of the Kokaldosh Madrasa, a secondary special Islamic school.
Along with religious sciences such as Qur'an, hadith, spending, grammar, reading, Uzbek language and literature, nature, geography, English, physics, mathematics, astronomy, computer science and other secular sciences are taught at the university. , qualified specialists are involved in this work.
The tasks of the Tashkent Islamic Secondary Special Education School "Kokaldosh", which embraces more than a hundred children of our country who are interested in religious science, are clear. In other words, like all educational institutions in our country, there is a gap in the spirituality of our people, in the upbringing of perfect people with strong faith, strong will, in-depth study of the unique spiritual heritage of our ancestors and modern thinking. One of our important tasks is to increase the religious literacy of our compatriots and to train modern mature clerics who will serve in this way, as opposed to those who are trying to achieve their selfish goals under the guise of Islam. to complete the construction of a new type of Islamic educational institution, equipped with the best teaching equipment that meets the requirements. In carrying out this task, the dedicated coaches, teachers and the whole team of the school are constantly working to the best of their ability and are always in creative search.
