Turki Jandi complex

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The mausoleum is located on Namozgoh Street, the old part of Bukhara. The mausoleum belongs to Turki Jandi, one of the famous imams of Bukhara in the history of the Middle Ages. Sources say that the mausoleum is located in the southern part of Bukhara, and there is also a stone well. The mausoleum is included in the national list of immovable property objects of the material and cultural heritage of Uzbekistan.

The internal dimensions of the Turki Jandi mausoleum are 4.2 x 4.25 meters, and the walls are 1.5 meters thick. The mausoleum is covered with a dome on both sides and has three windows. The interior of the mausoleum is made of brick and decorated with patterns. The mausoleum was made of brick. There is Turki Jandi mosque in front of the mausoleum. On the southwest side of the mosque there is a 1.8 meter high mihrab. The entrance of the mosque was on the west side and was replaced by a new one. The Turki Jandi mausoleum was built in the style of Central Asian architecture. The entrance portal of the mausoleum is rectangular in shape, 12 meters high, and 6.7 meters wide. The portal of the mausoleum was restored and decorated with new patterns.

Turki Jandi mausoleum is located in the southern part of Bukhara city. Turki Jandi cemetery was also located in this area. The mausoleum belongs to Abu Nasr Ahmed ibn Fazl ibn Musa al-Muzakkir al-Jandi. Many scholars and scholars were buried in this mausoleum and cemetery . Abu Nasr Ahmad ibn Fazl ibn Musa al-Muzakkir al-Jandi died at the beginning of the 11th century. A building was built on top of the Turki Jandi mausoleum, which fell into ruins in the 16th and 17th centuries. The Turki Jandi cemetery has been demolished and replaced by residential buildings. There was a tomb on the southeast side of the site of this architectural complex. According to the researches of the orientalist Komiljon Rahimov, the Karakhanid ruler Shams ul-Mulk Nasr ibn Ibrahim (1068-1080) was buried in this tomb. According to the map of the city of Bukhara of 1911-1912 of Parfenova-Fenina, Shams-ul-Mulk was entered as the grave of "Gorkhanai Khaqan

Prepared by Askarova Kamola Akbarovna 15FLL-22 😊