Boysun

Boysun (, ) is a city in Surxondaryo Region, Uzbekistan and capital of Boysun District. The population was 16,732 as of the 1989 census, and 27,600 in 2016. ==History== Boysun is one of the oldest inhabited places in the Surxondaryo Region of Uzbekistan. It is located to the northwest of Boysun in the Teshiktosh mountains. It is known that people have lived in Boysun for approximately the last 5,000 years. From the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD, Boysun was the location of a fortified city called "Poikalon". In the 6th to 13th centuries, another city, Bosand, was situated in the Boysun area and was one of the cities of Chaghaniyan. Bosand is also mentioned as such in Abu Ishaq al-Istakhri's "Book of Roads and Kingdoms." "Hudud al-'Alam" describes Bosand as a place with a large and militant population. Bosand was strategically located on the trade route between Chaghaniyan and Samarkand, passing through the Iron Gate. The exteriors of the houses are adorned with colorful patterns, and decorated with felt and embroidered hangings. In the streets along the walls, there are large clay dishes and water reservoirs. The Teshik-Tash cave, where parts of Neanderthals were found, is world famous. Mesolithic era "magic bull hunt" wall paintings can be seen nearby in the Kugitang Mountains.

According to archaeological sources, life in Bosand has continued from the early centuries until the Islamic period. The city was later reconstructed with a fortification wall. The Boysun treasure is also mentioned in the "Zafarnama." In the 19th century, Boysun was a center of one of the three bekliks in the Bukhara Emirate in the Surxondaryo region, and it was inhabited by the indigenous Uzbek population.