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Built-in minarets were either two-or three-tiered and very tall, and instead of
spacious lanterns convenient for azan they terminated with a decorative element –
stalactite cornice.
In seismic Central Asian environment none of the aforementioned
monuments preserved the upper tiers; their shapes are reconstructed by analogy
with the known 14th-16th century monuments of Iran and Afghanistan.
From time to time, in the history of Central Asian architecture there
appeared a multi-tier type of minaret (mid 12th c., early 15th c., first half of the
17th c.).
Among the prototypes of Central Asian minarets one can single out the cult
structures of Indian tribes – a sacred pillar with cubic base buried into the ground,
an octagonal skirt and cylindrical upper portion crowned with a cupola(6, 431–
432).
This shape is prevalent among single-tier minarets (one vivid example is the
base of Balasagun minaret that was discovered during archaeological excavations
of recent years).
The minarets of Uzgen and Jarkurgan had an explicit faceted skirt; it was
there regardless of the ways in which the shaft surface was made – smooth in most
cases – in single-standing minarets of Maverannahr, Fergana and Khorezm.
The segmentation of a minaret with decorative gauffers, similar to the tower-like
mausoleums of Khorasan and India, was observed in one single monument – the
Jarkurgan minaret, which should also be considered an exception in Central Asian
architecture.
Consistent typological characteristics of minaret
within the boundaries of Central Asia include: the shape
of the shaft (cylindrical, conical with an entasis); tiered
structure (single-, two-, and three-tiered); terminating
shape (lantern, sharafa). Base shape (the completeness of
the range ‘cube-octagon-cylinder’) and status (single-
standing or built-in) are “species characters”. Varieties
can be observed in the development of the shaft’s tiers
and individual proportions, ornamentation and decoration
technique.
Minaret of mosque Bolo-Khauz
Bukhara
Typological arrays are created within one single group of a round-shafted
minaret. Single-tier minarets with a pendent lantern are characteristic of
Maverannahr and Fergana. These include: the 10th-12th cc. monuments of Rarz,
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spacious lanterns convenient for azan they terminated with a decorative element –
stalactite cornice.
In seismic Central Asian environment none of the aforementioned
monuments preserved the upper tiers; their shapes are reconstructed by analogy
with the known 14th-16th century monuments of Iran and Afghanistan.
From time to time, in the history of Central Asian architecture there
appeared a multi-tier type of minaret (mid 12th c., early 15th c., first half of the
17th c.).
Among the prototypes of Central Asian minarets one can single out the cult
structures of Indian tribes – a sacred pillar with cubic base buried into the ground,
an octagonal skirt and cylindrical upper portion crowned with a cupola(6, 431–
432).
This shape is prevalent among single-tier minarets (one vivid example is the
base of Balasagun minaret that was discovered during archaeological excavations
of recent years).
The minarets of Uzgen and Jarkurgan had an explicit faceted skirt; it was
there regardless of the ways in which the shaft surface was made – smooth in most
cases – in single-standing minarets of Maverannahr, Fergana and Khorezm.
The segmentation of a minaret with decorative gauffers, similar to the tower-like
mausoleums of Khorasan and India, was observed in one single monument – the
Jarkurgan minaret, which should also be considered an exception in Central Asian
architecture.
Consistent typological characteristics of minaret
within the boundaries of Central Asia include: the shape
of the shaft (cylindrical, conical with an entasis); tiered
structure (single-, two-, and three-tiered); terminating
shape (lantern, sharafa). Base shape (the completeness of
the range ‘cube-octagon-cylinder’) and status (single-
standing or built-in) are “species characters”. Varieties
can be observed in the development of the shaft’s tiers
and individual proportions, ornamentation and decoration
technique.
Minaret of mosque Bolo-Khauz
Bukhara
Typological arrays are created within one single group of a round-shafted
minaret. Single-tier minarets with a pendent lantern are characteristic of
Maverannahr and Fergana. These include: the 10th-12th cc. monuments of Rarz,
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