Ulugbek Madrasah

My first practice day

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As usual,I am with you again in order to share my impressions, feelings experience and adventure in the 2 weekly period .

 

 May 1, 2023

 Day: Monday

 Historical place: Mirzo Ulugbek     Madrasah

 Location: Bukhara region

The 1st of May was the first day of our practice days. Firstly 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 Ulugbek Madrasah and it was very enjoyable. We went to that place with our groupmates and our practice instructor Aziza Abdullaevna.

Ulugbek Madrasah was found in 1417, as the inscription on the bronze plate of door runs says. There is a name of master in the portal tympanum, which was building this monument – Ismail ibn Takhir ibn Makhmud Ispfargoni. It is possible he was a grandson of one of the masters, who had been captured by Timur in Iran and left their names on the portal of Gur-Amir complex in Samarkand.

Bukhara Madrasah is the first Madrasah, built by Ulugbek. It is comparatively small, but has great forms. This is a building with two-ayvan square yard, surrounded by two-storey hudjras, with darskhana cupola halls and mosque on the cross of entrance hall.

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 door of God’s blessings be every day open to the people who are aware of book wisdom’. So today's practice day has finished by taking lots of pictures.Our practice day was very enjoyable and useful for us😊