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The Divan-begi khanaka was built by order of Nadir Divan-begi, the court vizier, in 1620 and was a part of the famous “Lyabi-Hauz” complex. Khanaka is a small building with a lot of chambers and hujras – small rooms for students and for dervishes, travelers, pilgrims, and sometimes the rulers themselves with their families who stayed there for the night. Sick and poor people, dissidents and other needy visitors could find a modest shelter and shelter in the khanaka. The doors of the khanaka were always open to the wishing parishioners, it was a place of assistance and support. Some khanakas were kept at the expense of gratuitous donations and gifts, and some of them had small workshops or shops to support their work. Sometimes a khanaka was built in order to perform a holy blessing or to perpetuate its name in the history of the country, as was done in the case of Divan-begi khanaka.
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