Chashmai Ayyub Mausoleum

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Chashmai Ayyub Mausoleum

The Chashmai Ayyub Mausoleum or Job Well Mausoleum ( Uzbek Chashmai Ayyub ) is a mausoleum in the Uzbek city ​​of Bukhara .

location

The mausoleum is located on a cobbled square in the northwest of the historic center of Bukhara on the northern edge of the Samanid Recreation Park west of the Ark Citadel . The Samanid Mausoleum is also located in the park .

In the extension of the main axis of the mausoleum to the east is a memorial for Ismail al Bukhari, built in 1998 . To the north of the mausoleum, across the street, is the Samanid Bazaar.

history

The oldest part of the mausoleum is said to have been built in the 12th century under the Karakhanid Arslan Khan , who ruled Transoxania from 1102 to 1130 as a vassal of the Sultan of the Seljuks . Style elements such as the conical dome , however, rather refer to the time of Timur around 1380. Such dome constructions were characteristic of the Khoresmia of that time , and Timur had destroyed its capital Gurganj and deported the population to Bukhara.

The mausoleum was rebuilt and supplemented in the second half of the 16th century. The low portal flanked by two pylons was also built in front of it.

description

The mausoleum is a rectangular building with a base area of ​​21 × 14 m. It consists of four chambers, each of which is vaulted by a dome. The westernmost and oldest dome has a conical shape, the middle of the three round domes carries a lantern .

There is a spring well in one of the chambers. According to legend , Job is said to have knocked a spring out of a rock with a stick, from which the name of the mausoleum is derived. The water is said to have healing powers.

Today there is a museum in the mausoleum, which deals with the water supply of Bukhara from antiquity to modern times.

  • Side view

  • Main room

  • dome

  • Fountain

literature

  • Klaus Pander: Czech Ajub . In: Central Asia . 5th updated edition. DuMont Reiseverlag , 2004, ISBN 3-7701-3680-2 , chapter Bukhara, the noble , p. 152 f . (DuMont art travel guide).
  • Bradley Mayhew, Greg Bloom, John Noble, Dean Starnes: Ismael Samani Mausoleum & around . In: Central Asia . 5th edition. Lonely Planet , 2010, ISBN 978-1-74179-148-8 , chapter Bukhara , p. 262 .

Web links

Commons : Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Pander: `` Central Asia '', 2004, p. 153
  2. ↑ a b Pander: `` Central Asia '', 2004, p. 152
  3. ↑ Chashma-Ayub mausoleum, Bukhara. In: www.advantour.com. Retrieved November 19, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Chashma Ayub mausoleum. In: www.lonelyplanet.com. Retrieved November 19, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum - Bukhara - Adras Travel. Retrieved February 24, 2020 .

Coordinates: 39 ° 46 '41.95 "  N , 64 ° 24' 8.28"  O