Marjona Ilkhomova

 Day 13

Ulug'bek Madrasah 

Hello my dears👋I am very happy because I see you again my this blog.🤗Todayʼs imternship was arranged to go to the Ulugʻbek Madrasah.Today the weather is sunny and good.💫☀️

In the early 15th century, the great ruler Mirzo Ulugbek, the grandson of Tamerlane, constructed in Bukhara an educational institution that was unique for Central Asia — a madrasah that had many features of present-day universities. Ulugbek, a patron of science and culture, desired to turn that beautiful city into a pearl of knowledge, the center of education, where the cleverest men of civilization would be able to exchange their discoveries in mathematics, astronomy, theology and other sciences.     Being a part of the historical center of the ancient city, the madrasah has become the province of all humankind having joined the UNESCO World Heritage List.

    Construction of the Ulugbek Madrasah in Bukhara that would become one of the three institutions bearing that name took three years, but the result proved to be worthy of any expectations. Under the guidance of the best architects of the East, that magnificent house of wisdom also became a gold standard of Eastern architecture of that era. Strict shapes and previously unseen design elements became a source of inspiration for many generations of master builders who came to that land from many countries just to see that wonderful place.

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 relatively 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. 
Bukhara had already long established itself among the most religious cities of the region when Ulugbek Madrasah was built in 1417 by Mirzo Ulugbek, the famed grandson of Tamerlane who made a name for himself as a great scientist, astronomer and ruler of Transoxiana. In total, Ulugbek built three madrasahs in the 15th century, one each in Samarkand, Bukhara and Gijduvan.
Ulugbek Madrasah, built under the architect Ismail Ibn Tahir Ibn Mahmud Isfagani, long served as a model for the construction of similar structures, for it perfectly embodied the medieval notion of how an austere house of learning should appear. Its simple layout and design, void of superfluous decoration, places it in contrast with its counterpart in Samarkand, which along with Sher Dor Madrasah and Tillya-Kori Madrasah comprise the famed Registan.

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