Baxtiyorova Sarvara

 Hi everybody 👋🏻. Today we held our practice at the ancient zindan beside the Ark. First of all our group collected opposite of the Ark and we went to the zindan. By there the way was little far . Even though the dungeon devastated, the weapons of there saved in the raw. 

One of the most important monuments of Bukhara is Zindan of Emir that attracts people with its mystery.

This one of the most enigmatic monuments of Bukhara was built in the 18th century. "Zindan" in Persian means "prison", "prison", "well for the detention." The prison was built in the northwest corner of Shahristan and consisted of several chambers of debt, the cooler and dungeon, laid of brick with a diameter of about 5 meters and a depth of 6.5 meters.

This place used to keep dangerous criminals. Zindan is a pit, which is located under the ground, it is in Shakhristan. The prison contained not more than 40 people; you can understand that in the city of Bukhara, as it is now a very low level of crime.

Malicious deviation of religious duties led to strict punishment, up to imprisoning in Zindan. During the day when the majority of men were busy at work and could not be present on namaz (Mohammedan prayers) at a district mosque, only aged people who stayed at home could pray.

The mosque was important not only as a place for prayers, its role in the public life of the district was particularly important. Unlike other cities of Central Asia in Bukhara there was no district choyhona (teahouse) which would be a kind of clubs. There people regularly met with each other, quite often they stayed for a short one hour break between two afternoon prayers. Spending this time in conversations, they discussed issues connected with life in district; in a mosque there were elections of district administration; Emir's officials came there when they needed to talk to people from the district.

Thus, not despotic board and fear of tortures in Zindan but the sated religious life mentioning each aspect of human life was the keystone to success in struggle against crime.

Also when we entered  the rooms of the zindan, we saw old and heavy weapons at that time such as sword, poniard, hammer , fetter , gun and like this.

Today Zindan of Emir is transformed into a museum for tourist excursions. Museum exhibits in one of rooms tell about legal proceedings in Bukhara 19-20th centuries. In the top part of Zindan there is a narrow corridor for prisoners walks, a gravestone and the tomb of prisoners "saint" - "Kuchkar-Ata" (8th century).

Today's our practice was great and filled in experiences and Impression. I haven't seen this place before, I am glad of seeing it. ☺️☺️