The madrasah Kukeldash is one of historical monuments in the city of Tashkent. Mahomed Salih Karakhudzha Tashgandy "Tarija dzhadida Tashkent" wrote in the book that Kukeldash constructed madrasah Dervishkhan and in some places this he calls madrasah Derveshkhan madrasah. By madrasah it was constructed and put in operation in 1551-1575. Historians give the chronicle of 1569-1570 as the proof. According to this chronicle Hakeem of the city of Tashkent Sultan Dervishkhan gave for madrasah one of karvansaray.

Kukeldash is located madrasah at Charsu Square on the hill Shakhristan near the mosque Haji Akhror Valy and constructed according to traditional east style. Its spacious dvot it is surrounded hudzhr and open verandahs. Quantity of a hudzhra 38. Originally, madrasah was three-storyed. The main facade overlooking the South, to the left of entrance gate the mosque, on the left side – the educational room is located. The top of the mosque and educational room consists from established on, among themselves cut, columns of double internal and external domes. The roof is decorated with glazurirovanny patterns in style of a zhilv. By the 18th century thrown with madrasah it was used in quality karvansary. At Hakeem Tashkenta Lashkar Beglarbegi in 1830-1831 from the destroyed blue domes of the mosque and educational room bricks were taken and used at Beglarbegi's construction by madrasah (till today madrasah did not remain). The top part of a facade of madrasah as a result of an earthquake of 1866-1886 was destroyed, and madrasah turned into a wreck.
In 1902-1903 on means presented by the population of the city of Tashkent repair work was begun, but because of lack of funds repair of madrasah was stopped. To madrasah it was not returned in former situation. At capture of Tashkent in 1865 by the general Chernyaev the madrasah building Kukeldash and near it the mosque Hodzhi Akhrara of Valya were strongly damaged.
In 1886 as a result of reconstruction of the mosque and madrasah by the Russian engineers its initial architectural appearance is completely lost. Over time as a result of internal wars, strong earthquakes, uses of the building in various purposes, carrying out several repair work of madrasah the initial beauty and grandeur gradually began to lose. Especially at the beginning of the eighteenth century of madrasah came to the thrown state. At the end of the same century, by madrasah it was used in quality karvansary. During board of communistic ideology the building of madrasah remained a demon of supervision: rooms were used under warehouses, hostels, various workshops.
As well at the natural level of destruction repair work was not conducted. At implementation of repair work by the state as a result of the negligent and irresponsible attitude to work led to a catastrophic situation of the building of madrasah. In 1974 because of indifference to the project of reconstruction of Madrasah repair work did not move ahead. According to the Ministry of Culture from 1985 to 1991 it was spent for expenses on repair of 347,2 thousand rubles.
At Independence from East side of madrasah, near the mosque there passed pipes of drinking water, as a result of a rupture of the pipeline of madrasah and to knead were sunk. Under these buildings there was no base. In 2002, the new base was cast. Under the decree of Council of ministers of the being USSR of December 29, 1990 of madrasah Kukeldash on June 3, 1991, was given for jurisdiction of Management of Muslims of Central Asia and Kazakhistan (nowadays Muslims of Uzbekistan). From now on preparatory work on construction of madrasah began.
For the first time in days of independence, the late Erkin Saidakhmedov actively participates in rescue and recovery operations, having enclosed own savings. Then the late Naim from Dzhurayev carries on the same tradition. At Naim from northern and southern roofs, internal and external aspects of the building were given to an original form.
At Abdurasul Hudayberganove all western parts of madrasah, a northwest part of a takharatkhana out of the building were demolished, and as shown in the project, on the basis of the base the first floor of the building was built. Then, since 1954 unrepaired windows and doors were restored. East part of the second floor of the building was restored and covered.
In 1996 repair work is complete, recovery work was carried out generally due to donations of people.
In days of independence Akhrar Askarov, and the engineer of Institute of the Ministry of Culture on preservation of monuments of architecture, the author of the project of construction of madrasah master Mirobid Mirzaakhmedov actively participated in reconstruction. In this ancient the building was taught by many thinkers. In the sixteenth century in Tashkent, in the operating madrasahs Haji Akhrora Dzhamy, Barakhan and Kukeldash taught such famous scientists as Shamsiddin Mahomed Kurdy, Hodzhi Yusuf Kashgar. The representative of classical poetry poet Mahomed Aminkhadzha Mukimy every time when (1880-1890) it came to Tashkent lived in Madrasah Kukeldash. In 1889-1891 Kukeldash the famous poet Zakirdzhan Halmukhammad lived and created in madrasah Furkat coals. Also in 1910-1911 in one of a hudzhra there lived Hamza Hakimzade Niyazy. The famous representative of the Uzbek poetry of an orifon – Haziny too on arrival to Tashkent stopped in madrasah Kukeldash, conducted conversations with teachers and students. At the end of XIX – at the beginning of the 20th centuries the famous representatives of the Uzbek poetry such as Mullah Kushak Misny, Said Haybatullo of the Hajj Hislat, Sirozhiddin Sidky Handaliky studied in this madrasah. The famous scientists Said Mahmoud Tarozy, Altinkhan Tura, Yunus Maksudi and Ziyovuddin ibn Ishan Babakhan of a hazratlara at the beginning of the twentieth century gained knowledge and climbed knowledge steps.
In madrasah such objects as laws of religion of Islam, the Arab and Persian grammars, literature, ethics, mathematics, geometry astronomy were taught. Lessons were taught according to textbooks in the Arab and Persian languages. Students of Madrasah knew the Arab, Persian and Turkish languages in perfection. In these languages they learned lyrical verses, hundreds of thousands of bytes, gazelles, learned by heart the Koran.
Some incentive to revival in the country as it is reported in some sources, interest in science of hadis was that known among scientists under the name of Shami of a doml — the scientist from Syria, Sheikh Mahomed ibn Saida ibn Abd al-Asal al-Shami of at-Tarablusiya some time lived and taught students in madrasah. Since the beginning of the activity till 1999 madrasah was called Kukeldash of madrasah the mosque. In 1999 after the Approval by Council of Muslims of Uzbekistan and official registration in the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan of August 18, 1999, it began to be called Islamic average educational institution Kukeldash of the city of Tashkent. On October 10, 1999 having got special permission, the educational institution officially began on November 1 the work. Crash of totalitarian regime, restoration of great tradition of commitment to religious values gradually began to come to life. This activization Kukeldash Medrese moderate Islamic establishment brightly is resumed.
In this educational an institution along with such objects as Karan's studying, hadis, reading religious sciences, Uzbek and literature, geography, English, physics, mathematics, astronomy, informatics and other secular objects were also taught, qualified specialists were attracted here.
The purposes and tasks of Islamic average educational institution of the city of Tashkent which took the young men and girls who are eager to gain religious knowledge in the embraces are clear. In other words, as well as all educational institutions of the country, in madrasah bring up comprehensive the developed persons, strong will and belief in bright future. One more problem of an institution is to increase literacy level among the population. All collective of an institution sets before itself the purpose: to conform to modern requirements of training. And therefore teachers and students always in creative search.