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                                                                    Day 2️⃣✌️💥💫

Hello 👋🙋‍♀️my dear followers😁 🌟Today is the second 2️⃣day of our practice😇 and today we visited 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️Uluğbek Madrasah🕌 in Bukhara.

Compared to yesterday, the weather is much warmer☺️ and pleasant😇 today. We gathered with the members of our group at 08 30 🕔 in front of the Uluğbek Madrasah . Today, all members of our group  gave a myriad of information about this Madrasah.

Ulugbek Madrasah, Bukhara

Ulugbek madrasah in Bukhara, 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 hudjrs, with darskhana cupola halls and mosque on the cross of entrance hall.

Design

The madrasa was designed by Ismail b. Tahir b. Mahmad Isfahani, an architect whose name survives on the portal. His surname, Isfahani, suggests he may have been a descendant of one of the master builders and artisans captured by Timur's armies in Isfahan, Iran, and relocated to central Asia, where many remained. The other two madrasas built by Ulugh Beg in Samarkand and Ghijduvan are similar in style, suggesting Isfahani may have had a hand in all three buildings.

Nearly all central Asian madrasas follow a similar layout. Their basic elements comprise a rectangular plan, a spacious open-air courtyard, one or two stories of hujras (cells) for students, and one or more monumental entrances marked by a pishtaq or iwan. The madrasa of Ulugh Beg is no exception, but also includes some pioneering features. First, the main entrance leads to a small antechamber that branches off in three directions to provide access to the courtyard as well as a mosque and lecture hall on either side. Second, a covered ambulatory runs around the interior of the upper level, providing a continuous passageway for the occupants. Finally, the rear iwan is built with a deep protrusion that extends north from the building, forming a large shaded area which was likely used for outdoor classes. Additional indoor classrooms, known as darskhana, are found at the northwest and northeast corners of the building

The south facade, which faces the street, is decorated with a colorful array of majolica tiles including a "corded" band running around the inner frame of the pishtaq (see images 5 to 11). A callligraphic band on the iwan is inscribed with the admonition "Aspiration to knowledge is the duty of every Muslim man and woman," in homage to Ulugh Beg's great esteem for learning.

(Because of Ulugh Beg's scientific mindset, he was more highly regarded than other medieval rulers by the Soviets, possibly playing a role in sparing his architecture from careless neglect).  The madrasa is generally aligned north-south, but is canted about 10 degrees to the southwest to roughly align its qibla wall toward Mecca. Approximately 130 years later the ruler Abdal Aziz Khan built a second madrasa directly to the south and along the same axis, creating a paired set of buildings following the urban planning principle of kosh, a distinctive feature of Bukharan city planning (for example, the Kalyan Mosque is paired with the Mir-i Arab Madrasa).

From authority of institute our attendance and knowledge were checked

So our journey today is over.

I was so happy😁☺️😅 today because I learned so many things 📝I didn’t know.  

I learned a lot 📝📝📝today about the Uluğbek Madrasah 🕌🕌.

Good by 👋🙋‍♀️🤗

See you next time