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 Hi guys😋😋At the moment,I want to talk about our sixth day.We went to the Chashmai Ayub monument and many museums, which is located there, with coursemates and teacher Matluba Ahmedova today😇😇

In the days before Bukhara even existed, a millennium before Islam was even a glimmer in the Prophet's eye, the prophet Job came to the Zerafshan Valley and witnessed a great and terrible drought. As people perished of thirst around him, Job struck the dusty earth with his staff and a cool source of sweet spring water brought liquid salvation. Sudden appearance of a well had astonished the people by its vivifying spring and its crystal clear water. The Chashma Ayub, the Spring of Job, commemorates this site

The construction layout of the portal is in a traditional pattern, made up in the form of two pylons, forming the niche overlapped by the semi vault. The II-shaped frame, the inside of which forms the obverse surface, tympanum, and ktoba, is finished with an inscription above the lancet arch. The northern part of the niche portal is a limited gable wall with a doorway. From the western end the portal is adjoined by a deep brick wall that measures 5.9 m, of which the western portion has been lost. The wall is in the form of a trapezoid with a large base. The central room is overlapped by the tent-peaked dome. Except for the proportions of the construction, this monument has well-considered and perfectly executed decoration, the basic part of which is concentrated on the portal. The most effective place in the general composition of the decoration is ktoba, filled with Arabic inscriptions on a background of botanical ornamentation. The portal frame on the external contour is marked by the II-shaped zone, strengthened by girikh from intertwining octahedrons, made of terracotta bricks. Glazed inserts in turquoise fill the central octahedral sockets. A tape borders the frame and ktoba. The historical value of the monument consists of the exact dating written on ktoba (1208-1209 .A.D.) or the 605th year of the Muslim Calendar

The present day mausoleum stands in fortress-like austerity, almost devoid of decoration, a few hundred metres from the Ismael Samani Mausoleum. It consists of four domed chambers, each built during a different epoch and topped in a different style of cupola to form a remarkable visual spread of architectural history. The construction suffered some losses, but the preserved parts represent a combination of a harmonious entrance portal, and adjoining it are the remains of the western curtain wall.

Chashmai Ayub relates to the honored "track places" ("kadamjoy"), left as a heritage by sacramental people. According to the historical beliefs, cultic construction had already existed at this location before the 14th century. First erected in the 12th century, the plain and slightly austere mausoleum you see today was raised by Timur in 1380 to protect the sacred tomb below. Two domes, one suspended beneath the other, are designed to give the cupola the same appearance inside and out. The shape, atypical in the region, is thought to have been derived from the roof of a Khorezmian nomads' tent.

From today's trip I learned many about the history of Bukhara and I want to share some of them with you🥰🥰🥰

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