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One of them, the madrasa of Ulug Beg, is from 1417, which makes it the oldest madrasa in Central Asia.","visitedDate":"2004","publishedDate":"2004-10-09T04:00:00.000Z","originalUrl":"https://www.greatmirror.com/index.cfm?countryid=843&chapterid=868&picturesize=medium","heroSha":"23bb7f3499b954feee944cfa0917404485093cd20e4aee7f3f3a4daaf53322d7","authorLabel":"Bryan Wallach","_meta":{"sameAs":[]}}