Fergana Andijan Babur Birthplace Ancient City
Visit Andijan — the ancient city in the eastern Fergana Valley that is the birthplace of Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur, founder of the Mughal Empire, a city with over 2,500 years of history that was devastated by the 1902 earthquake and rebuilt, and whose name entered international attention again in the tragic events of May 2005.
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Babur Park Birthplace Memorial
The Babur Park and birthplace memorial in Andijan — the monument to the city's most famous son, the young prince who left Andijan in 1499 after losing his throne and eventually conquered India in 1526, the park preserving the memory of the historical connection between this Central Asian city and the Mughal Empire of India.
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Jome Mosque Andijan
The Jome Mosque of Andijan — the large Friday mosque rebuilt after the 1902 earthquake, the building representing the religious center of the second-largest city in Uzbekistan, the mosque architecture combining the traditional Fergana building style with elements of the late-19th century Central Asian mosque design.
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Andijan Bazaar Eastern Commerce
The Andijan bazaar — the commercial center of the eastern Fergana Valley, the market where the dense Uzbek and Kyrgyz population of the valley's most populated end converge to trade the agricultural and craft products of the region, the bazaar one of the largest and most active in Uzbekistan.
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1902 Earthquake Destruction
The 1902 earthquake destruction of Andijan — the devastating seismic event that killed thousands and destroyed most of the historical city, the reconstruction in the early 20th century producing the current urban fabric with its characteristic mix of Russian colonial and traditional Uzbek architectural elements.
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Fergana Valley Agricultural Heart
The agricultural heart of the Fergana Valley visible around Andijan — the densest agricultural land in Central Asia, the small farms producing cotton, vegetables, fruit, and mulberry in a patchwork of intensively cultivated fields fed by the ancient irrigation system of the valley.
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2005 Andijan Events Memorial
The memorial context of the 2005 Andijan events — the government crackdown on a protest that killed hundreds of civilians in May 2005, the events that made Andijan briefly the focus of international attention and strained Uzbekistan's relations with Western governments before the country's subsequent political evolution.