Bakhtiyorova Sarvara

 

         Hi there guys🖐🏻

      Today we began our second practice at the leadership of our group Nigora Kuldasheva. Our today's direction was Char Minor madrasah . We arrived there on time, at 10:00 o'clock, After coming our intern, we started the practice. Firstly,  some of our course-mates gave information about this place. 

Chor Minor (Char Minar Uzbek: Chor minor), alternatively known as the Madrasah of Khalif

Niyaz-kul, is a historic gatehouse for a now-destroyed madrasa in the historic city of Bukhara,

Uzbekistan. It is located in a lane northeast of the Lyab-i Hauz complex. It is protected as a

cultural heritage monument, and also it is a part of the World Heritage Site Historic Centre of

Bukhara.

In Persian, the name of the monument means "four minarets", referring to the

building's four towers.

    The structure was built by Khalif Niyaz-kul, a wealthy Bukharan of Turkmen origin in 1807 under the rule of the Manghit dynasty. The four towered structure is sometimes mistaken for a gate to the madras that once existed behind the structure, however, the Char-Minar is actually a complex of buildings with two functions, ritual and shelter. Originally, it was a part of a complex of a madrasa, which was demolished. 

   The building has no analogs in the architecture of Bukhara, and the inspiration and motives of Niyazkul are unclear.

The main edifice is a mosque. In spite of its unusual outward shape, the building has a typical interior for a Central Asian mosque. Owing to the buildings cupola, the room has good acoustic properties and therefore takes on special significance of 'dhikr-hana' – a place for ritualized

'dhikr' ceremonies of Sufi, the liturgy of which often include recitation, singing, and instrumental music. On either side of the central edifice are located dwelling rooms, some of which have collapsed, leaving only their foundations visible. Consequently, for full functioning of madrasa

only of classroom and some utility rooms is lacking. However, it was common practice that socalled madrasahs had no lecture rooms or, even if they had, no lectures had been given in them.

These madrasahs were employed as student hospices. On the esplanade to the right from Char-Minar is a pool, likely of the same age as the rest of the building complex. Char Minar is now surrounded mainly by small houses and shops along its perimeter.

      Today's practice was  full of  loads of information. I think it is useful for all. Good bye tomorrow 👋🏻👋🏻