Dzhul

Dzhul was a medieval settlement in the Chu valley, near the foothills of the Kyrgyz Ala-Too. Its location has been associated with the old mound known as the Kuznechnaya fortress. Finds of coins and pottery point to a town involved in the trade and agricultural life of the valley, where roads passed between the mountains and the northern steppe. Later, in 1825, the Kokand authorities built the fortress of Pishpek in this area.