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mev, and Aini (7, 55–58); the 10th c. Buran tower; the early 10th c. minaret in
Uzgen; Kalan minaret in Bukhara; the 1196-1197 minaret in Termez; the 1570–
1571 Gau-Kushon in Bukhara (3, 51); one in Gijduvan dating to the second half of
the 16th century; minarets in Vangazi, Chor-Bakr and Bahauddin complexes near
Bukhara Jami and Mion-Khazret in Kokand; Kaftarlik in Margilan, and Kurgancha
in Qarshi.
Lantern in the body of a conic shaft is observed in
the minarets of Khorezm: one at Juma mosque, dating to
the 18th century (3, 51); in the 1842 Seid-Sheliker-bai
complex; Tura-Murad-tura, Abd-al-bobo, Chilla-Ovlia,
Magomed Magarram, Bika-jan-bika, Tort-Shabaz,
Palvankari, and Islam-Khoja in Khiva (13, 149, 173–180).
Two- or three-tier single-standing minarets can be found
in Jarkurgan and Kunya-Urgench; the built-in ones – in
Bibi-Khanym mosque in Samarqand; at the corners of a
square courtyard between madrasah and khanakah of
Muhammed Sultan ensemble in front of Gur-Emir, and in Shir-Dor in Samarqand
(12, 121–125).
That this group would, most probably, include the minarets of Gur-Emir
mausoleum in Samarqand, as well as those of Bibi-Khanym mosque, which,
apparently, have lost their upper tiers. They all have strong similarity to their
contemporary three-tier structures of the 15th century
musalla Gaukhar-Shad (1417/18) in Herat, one of which
has been fully preserved.
Specific mentioning should be given to more ancient
tower-like structures serving different purposes:
watchtowers, security and postal installations; some
were also used as columbaria with recesses in the walls,
where pigeons nested.
Similar structures and ways of using them are
known from the two thousand years old towers in
mountain fortress of the Israeli King Herod on the shore
of the Dead Sea.
Perhaps, a circular late medieval fortress tower in
Kaptarkhona area near Termez could have something to
do with this kind of structures.
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Uzgen; Kalan minaret in Bukhara; the 1196-1197 minaret in Termez; the 1570–
1571 Gau-Kushon in Bukhara (3, 51); one in Gijduvan dating to the second half of
the 16th century; minarets in Vangazi, Chor-Bakr and Bahauddin complexes near
Bukhara Jami and Mion-Khazret in Kokand; Kaftarlik in Margilan, and Kurgancha
in Qarshi.
Lantern in the body of a conic shaft is observed in
the minarets of Khorezm: one at Juma mosque, dating to
the 18th century (3, 51); in the 1842 Seid-Sheliker-bai
complex; Tura-Murad-tura, Abd-al-bobo, Chilla-Ovlia,
Magomed Magarram, Bika-jan-bika, Tort-Shabaz,
Palvankari, and Islam-Khoja in Khiva (13, 149, 173–180).
Two- or three-tier single-standing minarets can be found
in Jarkurgan and Kunya-Urgench; the built-in ones – in
Bibi-Khanym mosque in Samarqand; at the corners of a
square courtyard between madrasah and khanakah of
Muhammed Sultan ensemble in front of Gur-Emir, and in Shir-Dor in Samarqand
(12, 121–125).
That this group would, most probably, include the minarets of Gur-Emir
mausoleum in Samarqand, as well as those of Bibi-Khanym mosque, which,
apparently, have lost their upper tiers. They all have strong similarity to their
contemporary three-tier structures of the 15th century
musalla Gaukhar-Shad (1417/18) in Herat, one of which
has been fully preserved.
Specific mentioning should be given to more ancient
tower-like structures serving different purposes:
watchtowers, security and postal installations; some
were also used as columbaria with recesses in the walls,
where pigeons nested.
Similar structures and ways of using them are
known from the two thousand years old towers in
mountain fortress of the Israeli King Herod on the shore
of the Dead Sea.
Perhaps, a circular late medieval fortress tower in
Kaptarkhona area near Termez could have something to
do with this kind of structures.
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