Sulayman Mountain
Seen the Suleiman -Too Osh
The Suleiman -Too with the " House of Babur " ( at the right edge )
The Suleiman -Too, spelling also Sulaimain Too, Sulayman Too, Takht -i - Sulaiman or Taht - I- Suleiman (Throne of Solomon ) is a 1110 meter high mountain in Kyrgyzstan, around which the ancient trading city of Osh extends. He is regarded as a saint in the Kyrgyz mountain. In June 2009, he was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site first Kyrgyz. The evolved over several millennia system of places of worship in Suleiman -Too is considered according to UNESCO as the best preserved in all of Central Asia.
The Suleiman -Too dominates from afar the Ferghana Valley and was a guide for the travelers who came to the former Silk Road to Osh. In some caves and on rock faces on the mountain, especially on the eastern slope, they found more than 100 petroglyphs ( rock carvings ) with representations of people, animals, dragon, sun and moon, as well as geometric shapes, which date from the time of the first settlement in the Middle Bronze Age. Mountain still archaeological excavations are taking place.
On his depending on your perspective three to five peaks and on the slopes all around In total there are 17 old places of worship. Some of the places of worship are still among the population in use. The sites are interconnected by a traditional system of pedestrian paths. The visit is intended to help, among others, against infertility, headaches and back pain and give a long life.
In the worship of the mountain mingle with Islamic pre-Islamic beliefs. Thus, the Suleiman -Too many Kyrgyz is still true today as a model image of the world in which are reflected the elements of world order. One of the most famous places of worship is called the "House of Babur ", a large, smooth rocks near the summit. Babur, a descendant of Tamerlane and the founder of the Indian Mughal dynasty, came in nearby Andijon in Uzbek part of today Ferghanatals to the world and from thence to the conquest of India. He is on the Suleiman mountain have had a hut and have long sat on the rock and covered his fate before he came to the conclusion that the Ferghana Valley was too confining for his ambition and dreams.
But was also for Muslim pilgrims from all over Central Asia and the mountain - whose name was until the 16th century Bara Kuch, " Beautiful Mountain " - holy, for Solomon, the Christians from the Bible known as the King of Israel, applies in the Qur'an as a prophet and to have been buried at the foot of the mountain. Since then, the mountain is called Throne of Solomon, and still find, therefore, on the mountain funerals instead. In the 16-17. or 17-18. Century were built two mosques that are largely preserved or restored. One of these, the single-room Takht -i - Suleiman Mosque, was built on one of the peaks. She was confused over time with the legend of Babur and is therefore also called the house of Babur. On the southeast slope the mausoleum of Asaf ibn Burchija is.
The Suleiman Mountain, on the up a paved road today, also provides a destination dar. in a cavity in the mountain end of the 20th century, with modern means (concrete ) a museum has been built into it, in which, among other everyday objects from the early days of colonization can be seen on the mountain.