2024

THE BEROUNI BRIDGE

Contemporary architecture

A point of passage for all those who pass through the Amu Darya and discover the citadels of the desert, the bridge alone is worth a small car descent. It is made of rusty barges thrown on the water and linked between them by channels. The levels between each barge are harmonised by plate plates and sand shovelfuls. Old boats are crammed to the west. With drought, and the déviation of the river upstream for the construction of the new bridge, the legendary Amu Darya, nicknamed jayhun ("indomitable river", is a very sad one, and its scant currents through between the sand dunes, witness to the problems of silting in the whole region. The Berouni bridge does not float on the river, it rests almost directly on the bottom, and the differences at each of its ends give an idea of lowering the level of the river. A new bridge, built some tens of metres downstream, is soon to be the death knell of the old Berouni bridge.

Read more
2024

THE CHORSU BAZAAR

Contemporary architecture

Chorsu, whose name means the «four roads», is the biggest bazaar in the centre of Tashkent. A bazaar inside the bazaar, the grand hall, built after the earthquake of 1966, welcomes products from all over the country: dry fruit on the floor, spices and condiments on the ground floor. In recent years, Chorsu has undergone some changes. The open-air meat market, where one trébuchait on freshly decapitated heads of sheep, and where even the night was odeur of blood and fat, was moved to a new closed and glass building. The previously reserved space is now host all year round and seed sellers, except during the melon season, where the production of cucurbits from all over the country is managed, leaving just the place for sellers from afar to sleep alongside their merchandise. In the middle of the bazaar, grids were set up to ban access to small sellers and allegedly fight the informal economy and the black market. Many families have lost their activity, and spaces surrounded by grids are currently only used to park a few cars. At the foot of the grand hall there are still clowns, wrestlers and acrobats of all kinds, attracting a dense and enthusiastic crowd. On the other side of the grand hall, the clothing shops have also been renovated and rebuilt in a hard way. The large bus station has been reorganized, and the nearby intersection, from where to reach the old town of Chorsu, has been completely redone. You will find a model supermarket as well as an amazing building with a children's crib and at the top of which you can climb through a spiral staircase to admire the view over the bazaar or the mountains.

Read more
2024

KUKELDACH MADRASAH

Contemporary architecture

Built in the second half of the 1598 th century under Abdullah Khan II (1557 -). Under the Soviets, the Koranic school had become an administrative building. The motifs of the facade are inspired by Madrasas of Oulough Begh in Samarkand. The madrasas welcomes students again, and if the entry is theoretically forbidden to tourists, it is sometimes possible to take a look at it, outside the hours of course, addressing the guardian at the entrance. Next door is the great mosque on Friday.

Read more
2024

THE TELEVISION TOWER

Contemporary architecture

The highest construction in Central Asia (375 m) was designed to withstand earthquakes up to the 9 index on the Richter scale. It was inaugurated between 1978 and 1984 and was inaugurated on 15 January 1985 and dominates the entire city of Tashkent, offering a beautiful view of the surrounding mountains. You can admire the landscape with a bird's eye or eat Uzbek cuisine in the highest restaurant in the city ($ 2 for a small buffet, or à la carte choice).

Read more
2024

POLISH DARVOZA

Contemporary architecture

" Giant doors ", or doors of the East, built between 1806 and 1835, are the oldest in the city. A vaulted passage to 6 domes leads to the old town. Left of the gates, facing Ichan Kala, was the slave market. In a retreat, in the niches on each side of the corridor, the slaves who had tried to escape were chained while waiting for a fatal fate: it was in front of the market that the convicts were beaten or killed from 1840.

Read more
2024

KOSH MADRASA: OULOUGH BEGH MADRASA AND ABDUL AZIZ KHAN

Monuments to visit

East of Joailliers bazaar. " Kosh madrasas "means" two madrasahs ". This term refers to all buildings facing or belonging to the same set. Thus, to southwest of the Bolo Khaouz mosque, the two madrasahs Supercritical-i-Khan and Abdullah Khan are also referred to as «kosh madrasahs».

La Oulough Begh dates back to 1417, the oldest of the two, and the passage from Central Asia. It was built by Oulough Begh, the aristocratic prince of Samarkand, the successor to Timur. The entry of the entry door recalls the wisdom and openness of its manufacturer: " Striving for knowledge is the duty of every Muslim and Muslim. " Open mind that few of his contemporaries and successors shared, since the building, like all madrasahs, remained forbidden for women. This was the first of the three madrasahs built by Oulough Begh, the other two in Samarkand and Gidjuvan, 45 km from Bukhara in the direction of Samarkand. The madrasas of Bukhara is smaller than its counterpart in the Registan de Samarkand, but its harmonious proportions and the savante sobriety of its decoration make it a good example of medieval medieval architecture and a valuable legacy of the Timurid architecture in Bukhara, which is well neglected at this time compared to Samarkand. After independence, students could come back to study in the cellules cells, but the government finally preferred to restore it and open it up to tourism. The City Restaurant Museum is located in the old mosque on the right, and souvenir and craft shops have invaded the cells. A spiral staircase leads to the arched roof above the entrance.

The madrasas of Abdul Aziz Khan, much less sober than his neighbour, was built two hundred years later, in 1654, while Bukhara became the capital of the khanate. The architecture and decoration of the imposing madrasas built under the Chaybanides were carried out by the best craftsmen of the time. The mosaic mosaic, or gate gate, as well as the portals overlooking the inner courtyard, is a vegetable enchevêtrement of a bright yellow where you can find simorgh birds, and even a dragon. These decorations, such as those on the façade of the Nadir Divanbeg, are a departure from the Islamic rule prohibiting representation. But the decorator of madrasas, Abdul Aziz Khan, seems to have risked the limits of tolerance: From the darskhana, looking at the bottom of the mosque when the lights are extinguished, and leaving the eyes to get used to the darkness, we see the silhouette erased from a man in turban, who disappears when one moves towards the entrance and the eyes réhabituent to light. Many techniques have been used for décoration decoration: majolica in relief, painted gantch cast, engraved marble, chiselled mosaic… Decoration of the interior domes of the winter and summer mosques is particularly remarkable. The darskhana on the right of the entrance, transformed into antique shops, is to be seen in double title: The decor is not restored and there are beautiful carpets and suzani. La also has chimneys, a great innovation for the time. The decoration of the facade and part of the courtyard remained unfinished. Indeed, Abdul Aziz Khan was deposed and his successor terminated the work.

Read more
2024

TAK-I-ZARGARAN, THE "DOME OF THE JEWELLERS"..

Contemporary architecture

Unlike the dome of the chapeliers, that of joailliers was located inside the shahristan, the inner city of the Middle Ages, between the Mir-i-Arab madrasas and the madrasahs Oulough and Abdul Aziz Khan. Even today, jewellery merchants are not far away. Indeed, there is a small gold market in the Khodja Nurabad street, next to the large carpet market. In the cupola of joailliers a few jewels but of poor quality; most shops sell handcrafted souvenirs.

Read more
2024

THE TIM ABDULLAH KHAN

Contemporary architecture

Going back to the Hakikat street north, Tim Khan is on the right after the Bazar bazaar. This covered market dates back to the end of the th century. Here you can find the finest hand-woven silk silk and a wide selection of carpets from all origins. The weaving trades are presented at the bottom of the tim.

Read more
2024

TAK-I-TELPAK FURUSHAN, THE "DOME OF THE HATTERS"..

Contemporary architecture

North of the Magok-i-Attari mosque, Polymerase-i-Telpak Furushan, or dome of the chapeliers, was located in the raba, or the outside city, just at the southern door of the shahristan. We sold all kinds of hats, embroidered tioubetek or fur hats, but also books. The tomb of the Holy Man, Khodja Ahmed-i-Paran, reminds merchants that it is other wealth than material. Despite its name, the dome of the chapeliers houses carpet sellers today.

Read more
2024

THE MAGOK-I-ATTARI MOSQUE

Contemporary architecture

Before the Arab conquest were at this location a market and a Buddhist temple, then a fire temple dedicated to the moon. The first mosque was built in the th century - which is the oldest in Central Asia - on the ruins of the temple, as it was used at that time. It was completely rebuilt in the th century and refurbished in the th century. In 1839, it was discovered by Shishkin, the same archaeologist who had uncovered the Samani mausoleum in the cemetery. Excavations also made it possible to revive the southern portal that dates back to the th century mosque. Shishkin also discovered traces of the th century Fire temple and the oldest Buddhist temple. Over the centuries, the ground level had risen by several metres and Magok mosque had found half buried underground. Already, for the construction of the portal, which dates back to the th century, the entrance had to be adapted to the change of the street level, and a staircase at large steps descends down to the entrance of the mosque. The mosque bears a very vivid name reflecting its history: agok means underground and attor, merchant. The mosque now serves as an exhibition hall for carpets. To the east, the wells fall into the land to the place where the Buddhist temple was.

Read more
2024

TAK-I-SARRAFAN, THE "DOME OF THE MONEY CHANGERS"..

Contemporary architecture

Following the west on the west side of the basin, you arrive at the Tak-i-Sarrafan dome, known as the "coupole dome". It was built in 1538 and housed the Jews changers and only empowered to engage in this occupation, the Uzbeks considering that it is a misfortune. If mosques and madrasahs are the heart of Bukhara, merchant domes are the nervous system. It was because of the trade and the taxes that flowed from it that the city was experiencing such a rise. These massive constructions with unusual bulbs dating from the th century have a very functional architecture. Located at the intersection of the streets, it has high ogival entrances which allow traders and camels loaded with goods to move freely. The covered galleries in which the shops are located intersect in a central hall surmounted by a high dome. It is more expensive than outside, and the heat-laden visitor greatly appreciates the qualities of business-promoting architecture when a smart merchant invites him to sit down in the light store. There are now three of these merchant domes named tâk dating back to the time of the Chaybanides. In the past, the shopping streets that led to these domes were also lined with shops and protected from the sun by mats of reeds. Drowned in an eternal dust, the traffic was exotic as it could, mixing four-foot four of all sizes and walking. Armin Vambery, who in the th century was one of the few foreigners able to walk freely in the city, said that without the brilliance and magnificence of the markets in Tehran or Isfahan, the markets in Bukhara were striking by the diversity of races and costumes that were met there. Located in the south of the raba, or the outside city, on the left bank of the Shährud Canal and at the junction of the arteries leading to all the doors of the city, this covered market enjoyed a particularly favourable location. The marchande was part of a series of constructions designed in the early th century, including a mosque and baths. The coupole of the changers is now invested by souvenir merchants. Crossing the southern portal, we enter the Jewish neighbourhood, but most of Bukhara's Jews have migrated to Europe and the United States since independence.

Read more
2024

THE LIAB-I-KHAOUZ ENSEMBLE

Monuments to visit

Surrounded by tchaïkhana and mulberry pluricentenaires, the Liab-i-Khaouz is a place of life and conviviality in the heart of the old town, the ideal starting point for excursions in Bukhara. Behind the foliage of mulberry trees is the sumptuous facades of madrasas and the khanaka Nadir Divanbeg. The pool provides freshness even during hot summer hours. At the time of its greatness, Bukhara had around such basins, of which Liab-i-Khaouz is one of the few survivors. Caught by the tourist business, it is now flanked by bars on three sides and camel statues on the fourth. Traditional tapchan were mostly replaced by tables and chairs in the west. The aksakal, or the old ones, who gathered there in dozens, were gradually turned back to the right of the basin to accommodate the tourists, now much more. That has not changed their habits: Take the time and play the domino for hours, smiling in the passage of groups of all nationalities. They know that the basin was born of a first expulsion: a legend tells us how, at the location of the basin, was once the home of a Jewish woman. In no way did he want to move, was the plans of the vizier who decided to dig a canal under his house. The vizier won the game, because the house eroded by the humidity eventually collapsed. This little banale history of expulsion marked the city's inhabitants, who called the Khaouz Bazur Basin: the stress pool. In addition to being one of the few basins to have crossed the centuries, it is also one of the largest in the city: it is 45 m long and 36 m wide. Three buildings border the basin. In the north, a little in retreat, La Koukeldash is the oldest, it dates from the middle of the 1620 th century, while the madrasas and the khanaka nadir, which are facing east and west of the basin, were built in, along with the water plan.

The Madrasas Koukeldash, built in 1568 by Pte Koukeldash, is the grande of the city. it measures 80 m on 60 m and consists of 160 cells on two levels. For some time, she became a museum dedicated to the writer Saddridin Aïni.

On the right of Madrasas Koukeldash, there are other mosques and madrasahs. In the east of the basin, the Nadir-Divanbeg madrasas is distinguished by the two immense sémourgues or simorgh that adorn its portal. These fantastic birds with a blue and green plumage, which keep a biche in their greenhouses, seem to be flying to a sun god, reminiscent of the facade of Madrasas Dor in Samarkand. The upper porch is characteristic of the caravanserais, and was apparently not intended to open onto a madrasas. But it is said that the khan on himself during the inauguration and, admiring the caravanserai, félicita Nadir-Divan-Begi for his religious zeal to build so beautiful madrasahs. It was unthinkable to contradict the episode, and although there was no study room or mosque, the caravanserai became a madrasas. In fact, this transformation was undoubtedly caused by the decline in the commercial activity of Bukhara in the th century. Today cells are transformed into souvenir shops and craftsmen's workshops. Iskandar Hakimov and Erkin Juraev design puppets in very expressive national costumes. In summer, concerts are also organized. Finally, in the west, the nadir Nadir Divanbeg welcomed the pilgrims. They stayed in the cells around the central mosque, now transformed into art gallery and souvenir shop.

Between the basin and the Nadir-Divanbeg Madrasas was erected, on the occasion of its th anniversary, the statue of Khodja Nasruddin, a half-hearted character, a wise half, perched on his donkey and holding a small piece of bronze between her fingers.

Read more
2024

THE POY KALON SET. POY KALON, OR "FOOT OF THE GREAT"

Monuments to visit

It is probably the most beautiful place in the city, and in any case the most monumental. The Mir-i-Arab madrasas faces the immense Kalon mosque and its terrible minaret, «the tower of death». Many historical films have been filmed in these places, and even if the cavaliers of Mohamed Chaybani Khan are not there every day, the students of la and pilgrims who go to the mosque take charge of the atmosphere.

Kalon minaret. Five times a day, four muezzin grimpaient the 105 steps of its inner staircase to call for prayer. Their voices were over 8 km and the other minarets would catch the call within a radius of 16 km. Nicknamed «the tower of death», this minaret built in 1127 by the Karakhanide Arslan Khan was not only used to call the faithful to prayer. In the th century, it was its summit that prisoners of death and other impure people were thrown. The minaret also served as a point of observation during the day and a lighthouse at night. Every evening, a water-filled basin was lit in the centre of the rotunda located at the top. The caravans arriving from the desert could thus find themselves, such as the vessels approaching the ports. Genghis Khan, who had quickly appreciated his strategic importance, spared the minaret while no other monument in Bukhara survived his passage. 48 m high, with foundations set to several metres in the ground, the minaret carries its name well, Kalon meaning "large". With a slightly conical shape, it is decorated with a succession of brick rings with different geometric motifs. These bricks were made with camel milk and bull blood! However, this terrible beauty did not prevent General Frounze from firing the barrel on the symbol of the power of Saint Bukhara. Severely damaged, the minaret was restored in the s. In the 1970 s, an earthquake was no more lenient and lost his head, restored since the care of UNESCO.

Kalon Mosque. This imposing Jami mosque, the largest after Bibi Khanoum, was rebuilt several times. It is reported that a first raw brick mosque was built in 713, probably at the location of a Buddhist temple or fire, a frequent appropriation in this century of religious conquest. The mihrab of the Kalon mosque would have been located more in the east, at Ark's level. In the 2nd century, the mosque, with an area of ha, was rebuilt according to new plans. The many pillars supporting the structure were wood, a rare commodity that forced to reduce the surface to one hectare. It was reported that a fire was killed in the 1220 th century, or even that the minaret was écroulant the détruisit almost completely, in any case, it was rebuilt in the XII by Arslan Khan and destroyed again when Genghis Khan passed away in. In 1514, chaybanide Khan, Abdullah Khan, built a new mosque whose dimensions (130 m out of 80) responded to "gold number"; in 1545, his successor made the mosaic of mosaics decorate. The huge inner courtyard and the galleries covered by the 288 domes could accommodate more than 10 000 worshippers. The mosque has seven doors, one facing sunrise, two face to bedtime and two on each side of the side. In the right wing, a deep sink passes to contain holy water; It is paid in a huge stone cut that keeps it fresh. Pilgrims drink it by making a vow. In the centre, a rotunda to the eight doors - symbolizing the gates of paradise - was built by the last Khan in Bukhara in memory of the martyrs who perished on this site during the destruction of the mosque by Genghis Khan. During the Soviet period, from 1924 to 1989, the mosque remained closed and was transformed into a warehouse and planting during World war II. The blue dome, Kok Goumbaz, dominating the mihrab, and its portal were restored through funding from UNESCO, told us a man who was meditator in the shadow of a cupola, and it is also for that, he added, that she was not made to worship, and that non-believers can still admire the culte. more beautiful mosques.

Madrasas Mir-i-Arab. It was built in 1535 by Sheikh Abdullah, the Yemeni religious leader and the spiritual guide of Ubaydullah Khan. The Khan was subsidised by the sale of 3 000 Persian prisoners, Shi'a Muslims who were considered infidels and could therefore be sold as slaves. In Soviet times, this madrasas was the only one authorized to provide religious teaching in Central Asia. Today, it has a considerable reputation and there are many students there. Access is forbidden to visitors. From the outside, its appearance is impressive and its two blue domes echo Kok Goumbaz from the Kalian mosque. Khan Khan and Sheik Abdullah Mir-i-Arab were buried there.

Read more
2024

SITORI-I-MOKHI KHOSA, "THE PALACE OF THE MOON AND THE STARS"

Contemporary architecture

The summer residence of the Bukhara/is located in a huge park of over 6 ha, 5 km from the city. A first palace surrounded by gardens was built by the Amir Akhad Khan at the end of the th century. Alim Khan, his son, added a new building in 1914. The last episode of Bukhara was educated in St. Petersburg, and his way of life was felt. He commanded a palace that was probably at the forefront of modernity, mixing Russian architecture with the decorative style of Central Asia. The result is surprising. The visit consists of three different bodies of buildings, transformed into museums: the Appartements Khan apartments and reception rooms, the octagonal palace and the harem. The reception Pieces of the Amir Alim Khan, built in thread, are an input from Russian architects working in the courtyard of the Amir. The white room is a unique work, its walls are entirely covered with finely ciselé white gantch on a background of mirrors. The construction of this glass palace boukhare lasted three years, during which the architect rejected the entrance of the site. When Alim Khan finally saw the result, he was captivated and, taking into account the old ancestral habits, decided to kill the architect so that he could not bring his art to others. Fortunately, Chirin Muradov, the architect of the white room, was warned in time and managed to escape. At the entrance, a high boudoir is decorated with niches niches, which are painted with unusual and beautiful bouquets of colorful flowers. The walls and ceiling of the games room and the waiting room are entirely decorated with gilded panels, covered with an extraordinary and a somewhat oppressive mosaic of mirrors. The banquet room is the most original and sumptuous, it consisted of four sets of decorative walls, one for each season, that one changes thanks to a mechanism no one remembers but, in any case, the other three sets disappeared after the revolution. In these rooms there are various gifts offered to the Amir, including an original glass-free refrigerator. The mirzo-khona, or the secretaries room, is the most sober of pieces, its three-door mirror is, it seems, magic. By looking at it, we must make a vow, which takes place within 40 days… At the end of the building, the veranda displays a beautiful collection of antique vases from all sources. The octagonal palace is a museum dedicated to national costume, where apparat, colourful khalat or dark parandja are displayed in the middle of photos of the princely family. The garments were usually made by women, but the patterns of gold yarns were embroidered only by men. The octahedra room for guests was originally decorated with the gold leaf; after the revolution, gold was replaced by bronze and won in Russia. The harem houses the museum of embroidery. The different decorative techniques are illustrated by one of the finest collections of suzani in Uzbekistan. Before the harem is a large water plan. It was reported that the Amir would set up himself in the dome dome that borders this basin to watch his wife bathing, and chose the elected man from his heart by launching an apple.

Read more
2024

TCHOR MINOR

Monuments to visit

Lost in the streets east of the Liab-i-Khaouz, this small monument remains too frequently away from tourist walks, sanctioning its relative relative distance from other interesting sites. Tchor Minor means "four minarets". In fact, they were four towers that marked the entrance of a disparue, which was now disappeared, built in 1807 by a wealthy Turkmen merchant. Each turret symbolized a city: Termez, Denau, Kounia-Ourgentch and Mecca. Originally, la consisted of 59 cells and was led by Sheikh Sufi, Khali Niaz Kholi, one of the most respected and influential naqchbandi in the early th century. In one of the turrets, a staircase leads to a vaulted room that will open the guard, which also keeps the souvenir shop on the ground floor.

Read more
2024

KOSH MADRASAH, THE FRATERNAL TWINS..

Monuments to visit

The two madrasahs Supercritical-i-Khan and Abdullah Khan are located southwest of the Bolo-Khaouz mosque. The smallest of the two, the madrasas Supercritical-i-Khan, dedicated to Abdullah Khan's mother, was built in 1566 at the beginning of the emir's reign. It is a madrasas in classical architecture, with a level of cells where students lived as well as a mosque and a courtroom, or darskhana, giving on an inner courtyard. Today there are the same craftsmen and souvenir shops as in other Madrasahs madrasahs. Madrasas Abdullah Khan dates back to 1588. Also built by Abdullah Khan, but at the pinnacle of his glory, his appearance releases more power than his modest neighbour. Madrasas presents a traditional pattern, a large courtyard surrounded by cells, but architects have complicated the structure by increasing the number of cells at the corners of the buildings thanks to surmontés-surmounted classrooms. The "lantern of Abdullah", located in the north wing, is an example of these architectural discoveries. This octahedral room is surrounded by two-storey high-floor galleries. The. entrance can be closed, but it is possible to enter it by the left side. Unless the conservators have taken away, you will be able to enjoy this veritable labyrinth in freedom and discover the star decorations of the inner domes of the mosque and the darskhana, or the students'graffiti at the beginning of the century.

Read more
2024

MOSQUE BOLO-KHAUZ

Monuments to visit

After crossing the west of the vast and deserted Place square, the trees surrounding the basin and the minaret of the Bolo-Khaouz mosque make it a very valuable shade. Marble marches descend to the dark but refreshing waters of the basin built in the th century and gave its name to the mosque (khaouz). The iwan is placed on twenty pillars of karagatch wood whose unusual finesse gives the whole air look. The decoration of the wooden ceiling walls, as well as that of the painted stalactites adorning the angular ends, make this mosque one of the most beautiful in the city. When the Amir went to Friday prayer, carpets were laid on the ground, from the Ark gate to the entrance to the mosque. The mosque itself dates back to 1712, the high iwan of 12 m, which makes it one of the highest in Central Asia, was added to the 1917 th century and the minaret in. The latter has been badly aged, increasingly penetrating with a small tower in Pisa; It is now reinforced by a wooden frame connected to the ground by channels.

Read more
2024

THE PALACE OF NOURULLAH BEY

Monuments to visit

It was built, ten years before the Bolsheviks's arrival, by Muhammad Rahim Khan, says Firouz. Just like at the Sitori-i-Mokhi-Khoza Palace, the marriage of Oriental styles with the luxury of St. Petersburg is wonder and testifies to the fascination of the last/by the sumptuous life of the czars. The palace, completely fenced out of walls, consists of a large garden in the north-west quarter, a large reception room, official lounges, the khan apartments. In total, more than a hundred pieces, galleries in all directions, courtyards lined with iwan… A desert splendour where gold decorations of huge rooms and emptied of their furniture would almost dazzle.

Also in Ichan Kala, facing its west gates, stands the minaret Bikadjan Bika, dating back to 1894 and measuring 20 m. It overlooks a small cemetery where the tomb of a saint, Sheikh Qalandar Bobo, is built, decorated with traditional poles. The mausoleum dates back to the th century.

Read more
2024

KOI DARVOZA, OR THE GATES OF THE EAST..

Monuments to visit

Built in the th century, they are located in the rue Palvan Kari, which leaves the east gates of Ichan Kala. If their architecture recalls that of the doors of Ichan Kala, their appearance is much more massive and free from any coloured decoration.

Between Palvan Darvoza and Koï Darvoza there was a great bazaar where animals, horses, sheep, camels, and slaves were sold. Still today, a bazaar takes place in Dichan Kala, still very colourful but the goods fortunately changed. By leaving Ichan Kala by the East door, the bazaar is left and two minarets stand in the alignment of the door. The first is Sayyid Niyaz Shalikarbey Mosque. The whole was built between 1835 and 1845, making it one of the oldest minarets in Uzs. Its majestic summit decorated with irakis, small niches dug in the structure to give relief to the decorations, looks more like the minarets from the Registan to Samarkand than to other minarets in Uzs. A little further, the minaret Palvan Kari handed over 3 m to the first with a height of 21 m. More recently, it was erected in 1905 and takes its name from the rich merchant carrying out its construction as well as that of the adjacentes and adjacent mosque. A simpler architecture than the previous one, it seems more massive and its couronne crown less impressive. Looking towards Ichan Kala, we see the impeccable alignment of the two minarets of Dichan Kala, with the minaret of the mosque of Friday in Ichan Kala. A little further is the Abd-al Bobo mosque, which houses some old tombs, including the Khorezmshah Atsiza of Gurganj of the th Century. The mausoleum was built in the years following the Arab conquest to host the body of Abdal Bobo, from Bukhara and Great preacher in Uzs.

Read more
2024

THE PAKHLAVAN MAKHMUD MAUSOLEE

Monuments to visit

Pahlavan Makhmoud (1247 - 1325) is the patron saint of the city. An extraordinary character: fur of his state, he was also an extraordinary wrestler and a poet. Born from the tribe of Kungrad, he is considered the spiritual founder of the dynasty. His tomb was built at the site of his fur studio and, in 1810, was included in the dynastic mausoleum of the kungrad/. A high portal leads to an inner courtyard with the khanaka surmounted by a drum and a turquoise blue dome, a summer mosque and the buildings that houses the tombs of the mother and son of Isfandiar Khan. In the courtyard there is also a well where the young married people want a child. The majoliques that decorate the interior of the khanaka are of breathtaking beauty. The walls and the cupola are entirely adorned with blue and white végétales in which the poems of Pahlavan Makhmoud are inserted. These majoliques were made by the famous Samurai Djinn. The tomb of Pahlavan Makhmoud lies in an adjoining room, located on the left of the large hall. The pilgrims come in front of the skeleton grid which protects its tomb. The tombs of/Abdul Gazi (1663), Anoucha (1681) and Muhammad Rakhim are placed in khanaka.

Read more