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АДАБИЁТ ВА МАДАНИЯТ
Tursunali KUZIEV
Professor
Uzbekistan State University of
World Languages
t.kuziev@gmail.com
ON THE HISTORY OF MINARETS
Continuation
In this connection one should mention the important role played by
renowned scholars, including those from abroad, who worked in our country at that
time and tried to oppose the bureaucrats in the fight over the preservation of
Uzbekistan’s cultural heritage.
Special attention could be given to matters that concern the conservation of
minarets dating to the epoch of Temurid Renaissance, which have lost their upper
tiers.
This primarily concerns minarets at Gur-Emir mausoleum in Samarqand
(early 15th c.) built adjacently to the square yard of the compound with four
minarets at its corners, which included the madrasah of Mukhammed-Sultan (Amir
Temur’s grandson) and khanaka (late 14th c.).
These constituted an integrated ensemble of which only the mausoleum, the
inner courtyard with the portal, and the first tiers of the two minaret have survived.
The original look of the latter can be reconstructed as they have structural
similarity with three-tier minarets in cult structures in Herat.
One of them, at Gaukhar-Shad musalla-mosque has been completely
preserved, and only two tiers survived of the one at Nigmatiye
4. The genesis of minarets has been studied by scholars in sufficient detail. It
has been established that they have pre-Islamic origin and regional specificities,
even within the boundaries of Uzbekistan.
As noted by the researchers, particularly by M. E. Masson, G. A.
Pugachenkova, and L. Y. Mankovskaya, the design of Central Asian minarets is
www.journal.fledu.uz 165
Илмий-методик электрон журнал
Tursunali KUZIEV
Professor
Uzbekistan State University of
World Languages
t.kuziev@gmail.com
ON THE HISTORY OF MINARETS
Continuation
In this connection one should mention the important role played by
renowned scholars, including those from abroad, who worked in our country at that
time and tried to oppose the bureaucrats in the fight over the preservation of
Uzbekistan’s cultural heritage.
Special attention could be given to matters that concern the conservation of
minarets dating to the epoch of Temurid Renaissance, which have lost their upper
tiers.
This primarily concerns minarets at Gur-Emir mausoleum in Samarqand
(early 15th c.) built adjacently to the square yard of the compound with four
minarets at its corners, which included the madrasah of Mukhammed-Sultan (Amir
Temur’s grandson) and khanaka (late 14th c.).
These constituted an integrated ensemble of which only the mausoleum, the
inner courtyard with the portal, and the first tiers of the two minaret have survived.
The original look of the latter can be reconstructed as they have structural
similarity with three-tier minarets in cult structures in Herat.
One of them, at Gaukhar-Shad musalla-mosque has been completely
preserved, and only two tiers survived of the one at Nigmatiye
4. The genesis of minarets has been studied by scholars in sufficient detail. It
has been established that they have pre-Islamic origin and regional specificities,
even within the boundaries of Uzbekistan.
As noted by the researchers, particularly by M. E. Masson, G. A.
Pugachenkova, and L. Y. Mankovskaya, the design of Central Asian minarets is
www.journal.fledu.uz 165
Илмий-методик электрон журнал
