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Malik-Adjar mosque.
Historical tours on Shakhrisabz.
“What is a story? An echo of the past in the future. Reflection cast by the future to the past
Victor Marie Hugo.
Excursions to the mosques of Shahrisabz.
In a northeast part of historical center Shakhrisabz among apartment houses there is ancient mosque Malik-Arjar.
According to a legend she has arisen near to a tomb of Arabian commander Malika-Adjara.
As well as khanaka Khodja Mirkhamid, the complex of mosque Malik-Adjar in the past carried out function madrasah.
To it testify hudjr, located on perimeter and blocked by domes. Mosque Malik-Adjar has a classical composition of Islamic cult construction.
She symbolically embodies basic elements of a universe: the terrestrial house for a pray, greens of trees, water of "house", устремленные to the sky a dome, columns aivan and a minaret.
Authority:
Alexey Arapov. Uzbekistan.
Photos
Alexander Petrov.