Editing Navoiy (section)

== Main sites ==

* The [[Rabati Malik]] is a heavily fortified 11th century [[caravanserai]] built by the Karakhanid ruler Abu’l Hasan Shams al Mulk Nasr to protect [[Silk Road]] merchants, their animals, and trade goods at night.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Ibbotson|first=Sophie|title=Uzbekistan|publisher=Bradt Guides Ltd|year=2020|isbn=9-781784-771089|location=United Kingdom|pages=214}}</ref> The building is on UNESCO’s Tentative List for [[World Heritage Site]] status, along with Sardoba Malik, the domed reservoir which supplied the caravanserai with water.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Rabati Malik Caravanserai|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5308/|access-date=2020-11-01|website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|language=en}}</ref> Rabati Malik is largely in ruins due to an earthquake in 1968, but the 12m high portal still stands and has been partially restored, as has the reservoir dome. The portal is decorated with carved terracotta, including eight-pointed stars and Arabic calligraphy.<ref name=":1" />
* The Deggaroniy Mausoleum is the burial place of the theologian Mavlono Orif Deggaroniy (1313–76), teacher of [[Baha' al-Din Naqshband|Khoja Bahauddin Naqshbandi]].<ref name=":0" /> It is a simple mud brick building with low domes, and is a place of pilgrimage for [[Naqshbandi|Naqshbandi Sufis]].
* The [[Mir-Sayid Bakhrom Mausoleum|Mir Said Bakhrom Mausoleum]] is a simple brick built mausoleum dating from the 11th century.<ref name=":0" /> The building is an important architectural prototype, with certain similarities to the [[Samanid Mausoleum]] in [[Bukhara]]. The portal is decorated with a Kufic inscription made from raised bricks, and the saint’s grave is covered with marble. The building is on UNESCO’s Tentative List for [[World Heritage Site]] status.<ref name=":1" />
* [[File:Interior of the Kosim Sheikh Mausoleum in Navoiy, Uzbekistan.jpg|thumb|Interior of the Kosim Sheikh Mausoleum in Navoiy, Uzbekistan]]The Kasim Sheikh complex was built in the 16th century by [[Abdullah Khan II|Abdulla Khan]], Emir of Bukhara, as a khanagha, a hostel for wandering [[Sufism|Sufi]] holy men.<ref name=":0" /> The mosque at the khanagha is now used as Navoi’s main mosque, but it is open to the public. There is an attractive turquoise dome and majolica tile work on the exterior of the building, and the interior is painted in geometric patterns in shades of blue.
*  [[Adventist Church (Navoiy)|Adventist Church]] is the first and only Seventh-day Adventist church in the city of Navoi and it was built between 1996 and 2001.<ref>{{cite book |last1= Hotamov |last2= Bekniyozov |date=2007 |title= Karmana — qadimiy diyor |trans-title= Karmana is an ancient land|language=Uzbek |location= Tashkent |publisher= Uzbekistan |isbn=978-9943-01-070-3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url= https://uzorg.info/oz/info-id-126702 |title= Tashkilot haqida |website= uzorg.info |accessdate= 2023-11-15}}</ref>
[[File:Navoiy Central Market, Uzbekistan.jpg|thumb|Navoiy Central Market, Navoiy, Uzbekistan]]

* Navoi Bazaar is the city’s main market. It is a huge, mostly covered market with different areas dedicated to fresh fruit and vegetables, dried goods, bread and pastries, meat, etc.