Zangiota complex
Coordinates: 41 ° 11 ′ 48 ″ N , 69 ° 9 ′ 31.5 ″ E
Zangiota ( . Uzbek for Black Father '; also Sangi-Ata and Zangiata ) is a monastery-like plant, which is about 8 km towards Samarkand from the capital Tashkent away in Tashkent Province is located. The complex, which is now surrounded by a modern residential area, consists of a mausoleum , a madrasa , a minaret , a mosque and several residential buildings.
The Zangiota mausoleum, built in the 14th century, forms the center of the monastery complex. It was built by order of Timur Lenk for Sheikh Ali Hodscha, who was nicknamed Zangi. It consists of two domed rooms and houses a tombstone decorated with carvings. The interior was once decorated with mosaics, only fragments of which have survived.
The Namazgoh Mosque ( Namazgoh is a Persian word for an outdoor prayer place) was built in 1870, and the minaret was built in 1915. The residential buildings were made of fired bricks and enclose a large courtyard with the mosque and mausoleum.
Web links
- visituzbekistan.travel: Mausoleum of Zangiota
Individual evidence
- ↑ Irina and Bodo Thöns: Uzbekistan Travel Guide Along the Silk Road to Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva - With removable folding map 1: 2,700,000 . 13th updated edition, revised edition. Trescher Verlag, Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-89794-453-4 , pp. 163 .