Registan

The Registan ( usbek.: Registon ) is one of the most magnificent places in Central Asia Samarkand ( Uzbek: Samarqand ). Registan is the heart of the ancient Samarkand, whose name could be translated as " Sandy place ". The ensemble of three Madrasa is a unique example of the art of city building and the architectural design of the main square of the city. The three Madrasa Registans are: Ulugbek Madrasah (1417-1420), Sher -Dor Madrasah (1619-1636) and Tilya - Kori Madrasah ( 1646-1660 ).

The Ulugbek Madrasah is trimmed with its mighty portal and a lancet - arch the square. The corners are equipped with high proportional minarets. A Mosaikpaneel above the entrance arch was decorated with a geometric ornament. In the square courtyard includes a mosque, lecture rooms and rooms on the edge, where formerly lived the students. Depth niches ( corridors ) have spread around the axis. Originally, the Ulugbek Madrasah was quite different: a two-story building with four domes over the classrooms that are located in the corners of the Madrasa. The Ulugbek Madrasah was one of the best universities in the Muslim world in the 15th century, the famous scientist and philosopher Abdur Rahman Jami studied in this madrasa. Here Ulugbek gave his lectures.

During his reign, this madrasa remained a center of science. Ruler of Samarkand Yalangtush Bakhodur initiated in the 17th century, the buildings of the Sher- Dor and Tilya - Kori Madrasah. The Sher -Dor Madrasah ( "Tiger containing " Madrasa ) had been constructed by the architect Abdujabor. The equipment of the madrasa is not as fine as the architecture of the 15th century ( " the golden era "). Nevertheless, the harmony of large and small rooms, the fine images of the mosaics, the monumentality and the appropriate symmetry, this madrasa under the impressive architectural monuments of Samarkand series a. Ten years later, the Tilya - Kori Madrasah was ( " gold-plated " madrasa ) built. This madrasa served not only to the teaching of students, but also for a long time one of the most important mosques. The Tilya - Kori Madrasah was a two-story main facade, a great big yard, at the margin, small living quarters are ( USB. Hudzri ), and four corridors that spread around the axis. The mosque building is located in the western part of the court. The main hall of the mosque is richly gilded. The Registan Ensemble is a wonderful combination of buildings of different eras. Large reconstruction works are now in progress.

East of the Tilya - Kori Madrasah is the mausoleum of the Shelbanides from the 15th century, the founder of the right Scheibanidenmacht was Mohammed Sheibani, the grandson of Abu'l- Chairs, the 1500, with the support of the Chagatai Khanate, to in Tashkent (Uzbekistan ) had settled and the Samarkand and Bukhara freed from the last Timurids. Back then turned to the founder of the dynasty against his patrons, and in 1503 he conquered Tashkent. 1506 he conquered Khiva, 1507 Merv (Turkmenistan ), eastern Persia and western Afghanistan. The Shelbanides stopped the conquests of the Safavids, who had attacked in 1502 Aq Qoyunlu (Iran). Mohammed Sheibani was the leader of the nomadic Uzbeks. Over the next few years they established themselves in the oases of Central Asia. The Uzbek invasion in the 15th century was one of the last components in the ethnogenesis of today's Uzbek nation.

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Detail view of Sher -Dor Madrasah

Ulugbek Madrasah