Practice days with Mavluda

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Date: 23.01.2023.

Day: Monday

Historical place: Chor Bakr 

Created Date of Object: XVI

Location: Bukhara region.

My first practice day

The 23rd of January was the first day of our practice days. Firstly after holiday we went to the Institute and knew a lot of informations about our practice days. We should go to many historical places which located in Bukhara. Our first address was Chor-Bakr Necropolis and it was very enjoyable and interesting.We went to that place with our groupmates and our practice leader Aziza Abdullaevna.

The historical monument Chor Bakr is also called the city of the dead. The first graves there appeared thousand years ago, when there was a small settlement of dervishes. In the X century when Bukhara was under the Samanid dynasty, there lived an old family of Djuybar Seyyids (Prophet Muhammad’s descendants), who played an important role in the city’s life. For centuries the Djuybars were buried in this country cemetery. 

In the year 1560 the Shaybanid Dynasty ruler Abdullakhan II decided to memorialize the noble family, and ordered to build a mosque, madrasah and khanaka there. It was a gift to his teacher, Djuybar Sheikh Muhammad Islam Khoja, who died in 1563. The construction of the complex was completed the same year.

Died in 1593, Muhammad Islam’s son Khodja Bakr Sadi was buried next to his father. In after years other family members such as Abu Bakr Fazl and Tojidin Khasan were also buried there. These four men, who bore a title of “Bakr”, slumber in one khazira (tomb). “Bakr” is translated as “brother” and Chor-Bakr, as “Four Brothers”.

A small minaret, which resembles the famous Kalyan in Bukhara, was attached to the complex early in the XX century, thus the territory of Chor-Bakr hosts now 30 architectural structures. In addition, to the north of the necropolis there is a large garden, set out as far back as the XVI century. It is planted with poplars, sycamores, willows and many fruit trees.

Chor-Bakr is really an unusual and mysterious place. Visiting Chor-Bakr you could not help but feel the breath of the world of the dead, where in the quiet of the alleys the thoughts of the frailty of life and the transience of human life unwittingly come into your head.

My first practice day is over🙃

Good bye😉