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   Today  we had a tour to the museum of Imam Al Bukhari. I was so excited because I had never been there before. The museum is located in a modern building, designed by architect Zoirsho Klichev Bukhara. The museum was opened in 2001 and its exposition devoted to the life and work of the brilliant researcher Hadith, luminary of theology of Islam - Imam Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari. The main difficulty of the philosopher and theologian was his work "Al - Jami al-Sahih". In this book, which is considered holy in Islam after the Koran, contains wise sayings and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad. To create a book scientist studied more than 600 thousand hadith. In the Muslim world, the scientist known as "Amirul - Mu'minin fil-hadith", which translates as "The Sultan of the Faithful in the science of Hadith." Muhammad ibn Ismaʿil al-Bukhari al-Juʿfi was born after the Jumu'ah prayer on Friday, 21 July 810 (13 Shawwal 194 AH) in the city of Bukhara in

Today the destination was Chashma Ayub museum This monument refers to 1380 and devoted legendary prophet Ayub. It is a religious building includes a mausoleum and a sacred spring. Currently, it houses the Museum of the holy water. This unique sightseeing of Bukhara enclosed in a rectangle walls, over which looms a dome with different silhouettes. The interiors are spectacular ganch lampshades with growing rows of stalactites, creating a transition of stalactite domes. It is located on the way out of the Ismail Samani park. It was repeatedly rebuilt during the fourteenth and took the form of an elongated prism topped domes over the premises of various sizes and shapes. Sharp, memorable silhouette gives it raised on a cylindrical drum with a conical double dome marking a main room with a well - source. The monument is a rectangular building complex consisting of 4 rooms, a suite arranged from west to east. Premises built at different times. The oldest of them is blocked high conical dome

 Today we went tothe Kukeldash Madrasah and within the construction there was a museum cell of Sadriddin Ayni An outstanding local writer named Sadriddin Ayni lived near Kukeldash Madrasah in the late 19 th  and early 20 th  centuries. He died in 1954, leaving a creative legacy in his void. In memory of this great author, the northern rooms of Kukeldash Madrasah were converted into a memorial museum in which Sadriddin Ayni's personal belongings and manuscripts are on display. In Bukhara training in madrasah was profitable business: students of madrasah received a free hudzhra and to its owner the grant therefore some students sold the rooms to the third parties was given. For example, the hudzhra in madrasah Kukeldash in the middle of the 19th century cost 100-120 tillya and brought annually 5 tillya incom The northern part of the building houses his memorial museum now. It shows his belongings and some of the manuscripts.

  Tim of ABDULAZIZ-KHAN    Built in 1652, a few centuries later than Ulugh-Beg Madrasah (built in 1417),  Abdulaziz-Khan Madrasah , which stands across from it, is an integral part of Bukhara’s most outstanding architectural ensemble.  Abdulaziz-Khan Madrasah  marks the remarkable progress of medieval Central Asian architecture; it shows us how amazingly high the skills of Central Asian architects, builders and artists were at the time. Abdulaziz-Khan Madrasah  is often compared with  Ulugh-Beg Madrasah , since they are a duet of completely different structures of different times.  Ulugh-Beg Madrasah , built during the reign of the  Timurid  dynasty, is moderate in size and decoration, while its counterpart is grand and ornate. The pishtaq portal of the madrasah is amazingly high and splendidly decorated. The iwan gateway has many facets and ornamental stalactites. While the iwan of Ulugh-Beg Madrasah is plain and has inscribed citations from the Koran, Abdulaziz-Khan Madrasah’s is cov

Today our practise was held in one of the most historical and beautiful part of the Bukhara, In Nadir DivanBegi Madrash Nadir Divan-Beghi Architectural Ensemble  consists of a madrasah, a  khanaka  Sufi hospice and monastery, and a  hauz  pond. The ensemble was constructed by order of the vizier  Nadir Divan-Beghi  who served for  Imam Quli-Khan , one of the most powerful rulers of  Ashtarkhanid  dynasty. Nadir Divan-Beghi Madrasah  was built in 1622. It is located in the eastern part of the  Lyab-i Hauz Square . The vizier had initially planned and constructed the building as a caravanserai but  Imam Quli-Khan  unexpectedly called it a  madrasah  at the opening ceremony. That was why they had to build on the portal, façade side towers, loggias, and the second floor with  hujra  cells for students to stay in. The main feature of the madrasah is its absence of a classroom; they just did not build it on. The portal is decorated with two mosaic pictures of the mythical flying creature  Si

Today our Practise was on The kukeldash Madrasah In Bukhara, near the famous historical complex   Lyab-i Hauz , the well-known architectural monument   Kukeldash Madrasah   is located (built in 1568 - 1569). It is the largest Bukhara madrasah and one of the largest ones in Central Asia. It was built during the reign of   Abdullah-Khan II   and was funded by Bukhara governor   Kulbab   who ruled the city under several khans and managed to maintain good relations with all of them. For his close relationship with the khans the governor was given the title   Kukeldash , which was one of the highest standings in the khan’s court and meant ‘a milk brother’. Later the madrasah was named after him. Many people believe that  Kukeldash Madrasah  is part of  Lyab-i Hauz  complex, but it is wrong: archaeological excavations and research proved that the madrasah is a separate structure that bears no relation to  Lyab-i Hauz . Kukeldash Madrasah  was also a unique building of its time in terms of ar

  Today we went to the Abdulazizkhan Madrasah. The construction was very old but it did not lose it's beauty Built in 1652, a few centuries later than Ulugh-Beg Madrasah (built in 1417),  Abdulaziz-Khan Madrasah , which stands across from it, is an integral part of Bukhara’s most outstanding architectural ensemble.  Abdulaziz-Khan Madrasah  marks the remarkable progress of medieval Central Asian architecture; it shows us how amazingly high the skills of Central Asian architects, builders and artists were at the time. Abdulaziz-Khan Madrasah  is often compared with  Ulugh-Beg Madrasah , since they are a duet of completely different structures of different times.  Ulugh-Beg Madrasah , built during the reign of the  Timurid  dynasty, is moderate in size and decoration, while its counterpart is grand and ornate. The pishtaq portal of the madrasah is amazingly high and splendidly decorated. The iwan gateway has many facets and ornamental stalactites. While the iwan of Ulugh-Beg Madrasah

  Today we went to one of the historical site of the city and it was Ulugbek Madrasah. Ulugbek Madrasah  in Bukhara was for a long time followed as an example by builders of Islamic schools in other Central Asian cities. The madrasah was built in 1417 by  Ismail Isfagani  and  Najmeddin Bukhari , the best architects of the time. The structure shows harmonious proportions and forms of its elements; it has little decoration and yet looks impressive and even majestic. It is a rectangular building with a large portal and a courtyard. It features an entrance corridor splitting and leading in two directions: to the mosque and  darskhona  classroom. This was against the common design of madrasah corridors, which led right into the yard. The gate of the madrasah has a carved inscription taken from the Koran: ‘The pursuit of knowledge is the responsibility of every Muslim man and woman’. This citation can be considered to have been  Ulugbek ’s motto. There was also another inscription:‘May the

 Today our practise was held on Klyan Mosque.One of the biggest end oldiest mosques in Bukhara The Kalyan Mosque is one of the outstanding monuments of Bukhara, dating back to the fifteenth century. According to data from archaeological excavations, the original Karakhanid Djuma Mosque was destroyed by fire and dismantled, apparently at the time of the Mongolian invasion. Some time later, it was rebuilt, but this reconstructed mosque did not remain long. A new mosque was built in the fifteenth century, at the time of the Sheybanids, according to written sources of the time. Under Temur, the construction of monumental buildings was concentrated in Samarkand and Shahrisabz. However, under Ulughbek, the powerful clergy of Bukhara initiated the construction of a new Djuma Mosque on the site of the old one. Its dimensions are just slightly smaller than those of the Bibi-Khanum, Temur's congregational mosque in Samarkand. However, Bukhara's Djuma Mosque is not decorated as elaboratel