Abdulaziz Khan Madrasa

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Abdulaziz Khan Madrasa

The Abdulaziz Khan Madrasa is a madrasa in the Uzbek city ​​of Buxoro .

location

The madrasa is located in the historic center of Buxoro, about 20 meters east of the Toqi Zargaron domed bazaar and about 100 meters east of the Poi Kalon building complex, south of Xoja Nurorobod Street. Opposite it to the north according to the Kosch principle is the Ulug'bek Madrasa . To the southwest of the madrasa is the Tim Abdullah Khan mall .

history

The Abdulaziz Khan Madrasa was built in 1652 under the Janid Khan Abd al-Aziz, who ruled from 1647 to 1680. This makes it almost 250 years younger than the Ulug'bek Madrasa, which it was built opposite.

description

The Abdulaziz Khan Madrasa is 60 meters long and 48 meters wide. Its main facade has a central pishtak with an ivan . Instead of the usual rectangular floor plan of the entrance ivan, this madrasa is a 5/8 octagon. A muqarnas forms the upper end of the ivan . On both sides of the Pischtak there are three axes of two-storey pointed arch arcades with entrances to the individual living cells of the students. A three-quarter-round corner tower, which protrudes over the upper edge of the building and ends in a lantern (architecture) , completes the facade from the outside.

Behind the entrance is a high classroom on one side and a winter mosque on the other , both of which are vaulted with a dome . The inner courtyard is enclosed by two-storey pointed arch arcades with entrances to the students' living quarters and follows the four-iwan scheme : two pishtaks with iwans face each other in pairs in the middle of the four wings of the madrasa. The Pishtaks on the east and west side are divided horizontally, the one on the south side is wider than the others. It also has an ivan with a 5/8 floor plan that ends in a muqarnas and served as a summer mosque .

  • Pishtak

  • Muqarnas

  • patio

  • Mihrab of the summer mosque

  • Winter mosque

  • Dome ceiling of a lecture hall

literature

  • Klaus Pander: Medrese Abdulasis Khan . In: Central Asia . 5th updated edition. DuMont Reiseverlag , 2004, ISBN 3-7701-3680-2 , chapter Bukhara, the noble , p. 158 f . (DuMont art travel guide).
  • Bradley Mayhew, Greg Bloom, John Noble, Dean Starnes: Taki-Zargaron Area . In: Central Asia . 5th edition. Lonely Planet , 2010, ISBN 978-1-74179-148-8 , chapter Bukhara , p. 259 .

Web links

Commons : Abdullaziz Khan madrasa  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Pander: Zentralasien , 2004, p. 158

Coordinates: 39 ° 46 ′ 33.5 ″  N , 64 ° 25 ′ 3.6 ″  E