Almalik

Almalik lies in the Ahangaran valley southeast of Tashkent, in the old mining country of Ilak. Medieval geographers described Ilak as a region between the mountains and the steppe, with towns whose wealth was tied to the extraction and working of metals. Silver and other ores were mined in the surrounding hills, and the products supported local workshops and mints. The valley connected this mineral country with the settlements of Chach and the Syr Darya plain.