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Barak-khan madrassah All About Uzbekistan
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Barak-khan madrassah
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Barak-khan
madrassah is dated to the
architectural monuments of 16-17
centuries. This monument is laid
together with taking place at
different times buildings. First
building of 15 century presents
centric mausoleum in the eastern
building corner. The second
building of 1530 is a large
mausoleum-khanaka, crowned with
double cupola on the crossing
archs (outer – Kok Gumbaz is
lost). It is admittedly devoted
to Tashkent ruler from Sheybanid
dynasty Suyunidj-khan (Ulugbek’s
grandson). The third stage is a
transformation of memorial
complex in madrassah in the
middle of 16 century under
Suyunidj-khan’s son
Nauruz-Akhmed, named Barak-khan.
The madrasah differs from
traditional typical buildings,
but keeps main principle of
organization around open yard.
The decor is unique for
Tashkent: the niche portal is
crowned with arch “kolabkari”,
timpan and pilons are reveted
with majolica and brick mosaic,
hudjra’s windows are decorated
with ganch panjaras of different
paintings of geometrical
ornament. In 1935-36 and 1955-56
the archeological researches
were hold and in 1955-1963
Barak-khan madrassah was
restored with the participation
of Usta Shirin Murodov, who
reconstructed the portal arch.
Its sizes are 703x44m, the yard
– 33x27,5m. |
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