Bayan Kuli Khan Mausoleum
The Bayan Kuli Khan Mausoleum is a mausoleum in the Uzbek city of Buxoro .
location
The mausoleum is located southeast of the historical center of Buxoro about two kilometers from the Labi Hovuz building complex on the way to Kogon, right next to the Sayfiddin Boharziy mausoleum .
description
The mausoleum is the tomb of the Mongols - Khan Bayan Kuli , the 1348-1358 one of the last ruler of the Chagatai Khanate was. The building is a cubic structure with a floor area of around 12 m × 8 m. Access is via the narrow eastern side, which is preceded by a Pishtak with Iwan . The room entered first, a prayer room (Siarat-chane) has an approximately square floor plan of 6 m × 6 m and is vaulted by a dome . Behind it is the smaller burial room (Gur-chane) with the tomb of Khan Bayan Kuli. The original ceramic decoration is only partially preserved. The predominant colors are dark blue, light blue and white. The ornaments include geometric patterns, Kufi inscriptions and plant motifs. Fragments of the facade decoration are in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and in the Museum for Art and Industry Hamburg .
literature
- Klaus Pander: Bujan-Kuli Khan mausoleum . In: Central Asia . 5th updated edition. DuMont Reiseverlag , Ostfildern 2004, ISBN 3-7701-3680-2 , chapter Buchara, the noble , p. 170 (DuMont art travel guide).
- Bradley Mayhew, Greg Bloom, John Noble, Dean Starnes: Other sights . In: Central Asia . 5th edition. Lonely Planet , 2010, ISBN 978-1-74179-148-8 , chapter Bukhara , p. 263 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tile panel | V&A Search the Collections. January 30, 2020, accessed on January 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Gosign media, Hamburg Germany: tiles with spiral tendril from the Mausoleum of "Buyan Kuli Khan". Accessed January 30, 2020 .
Coordinates: 39 ° 46 ′ 0.5 ″ N , 64 ° 26 ′ 40.5 ″ E