Mir-Sayid Bakhrom Mausoleum

Mir-Sayid Bakhrom Mausoleum (Uzbek: Mir Said Bahrom) is a 10th-11th century mausoleum in the city of Karmana near Navoiy, Uzbekistan.[1] Mir-Sayid Bakhrom has features similar to the Samanid Mausoleum in Bukhara, Arab-Ata Mausoleum in the Samarkand Region, and to the mausoleum of Oq Ostona Bobo in the Surxondaryo Region.[2] This structure is the smallest mausoleum in Uzbekistan.[3] The mausoleum of Mir Said Bahrom was discovered in 1942 by the archaeologist and orientalist Antonina Pisarchik. After that, the mausoleum was repaired several times. It was completely restored in 1976.[4]

Architecture

In the summer of 1947, when the alabaster plaster inside the mausoleum was removed, scientists had the opportunity to thoroughly study the architecture of the mausoleum. According to studies, the mausoleum was almost square (jam) in shape, the internal dimensions were 4.47x4.40 m. The walls were made of 21x21x2.5 cm small baked bricks with the help of ganchkhok.[5]

The mausoleum is decorated with baked brick in the style typical of the architecture of the Samanid period. The front consists of 3 parts, with a border. Its facade and two sides are made of small bricks. Verses from the Qur'an are written in Kufic script on the border of Ravak. An arc-shaped carved fence on the roof, and bricks on the pillars are made in pairs in the "double" style. The side and back walls are unadorned. The inner dome rests on an 8-sided arch (5 brick columns) with a base. The top is made of brick (26.5×26.5×5 cm). The mausoleum has been renovated several times (1960-70s) and has lost its original appearance. The mausoleum is distinguished by the clear proportion of architectural parts and the compactness of its patterns.[1]

On both sides of the entrance (southern wall) of the Mir Said Bahram mausoleum, octagonal pillars of baked brick measuring 21x21x2.5 cm were raised. The checkerboard pattern of these bricks gives the pillars a bubbly appearance and exaggerates the highlights and shadows on the pillars. Pillars in this form are characteristic of the architecture of the Somonites mausoleum. Forms of the same appearance are present around the entrance arch. Only, in this case, the figure is much smaller and thinner than in the column, its width is 10.5 cm. These shapes are made of half-baked bricks. These checkerboard ornaments include a wide, relief arch with intersecting meanders and squares joined by lines.[1]

World Heritage status

This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on January 18, 2008, in the Cultural category.[2]

References
  1. "Мир Саид Баҳром мақбараси" [Mir Said Bahrom mausoleum] (PDF). National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan (in Uzbek). Tashkent. 2000–2005. p. 589.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. "Mir-Sayid Bakhrom Mausoleum". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
  3. "Mirsaid Baxrom majmuasi". Telegra.ph. Turizmni rivojlantirish instituti. 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  4. "Город Навои – край древней истории". Странствия по Центральной Азии. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  5. Материалы по истории и теории архитектуры Узбекистана. Издательство Академии архитектуры СССР, 1950. p 52

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