Tour around of Bukhara.

“If you follow the ancient maps written on the stars, no person will ever understand you. So if you could read these maps, would you follow them? And forever be misunderstood? Or would you close your eyes tightly and pretend to be like everyone else?” 

C. JoyBell C.

Book travel in Bukhara.

Khodja Zaynuddin Mosque was used as khanaka, local quarter mosque, and burial place of Sheikh Zaynuddin. Constructors of the mosque took into account the peculiarities of its location inside of the living quarter.
So that, in XIX century a hauz covered with stoned outlets was constructed here. The hauz supplied local citizens of the quarter and parishioners with drinking water. Southern façade of the building has a deep niche.
The tomb of Sheikh situated at a raised place inside of the special niche of the western façade faced to the street that is unusual for the burying of the saint and honored person. From the courtyard the mosque is surrounded with columned ayvan which has stalactite capitals and marble bases.
The columns which have been changed partly in the XIX the XVIth century. Rich polychromic finish decorates the main domed hall from top to bottom. There is a pool with stony steps and carved stony outlets in the courtyard before the ayvan.      

Authority:
V.G Saakov «History of Bukhara». Publishing house "Shark", 1996. «Bukhara. Masterpieces of the Central Asia». The historical guidebook across Bukhara. 2012. "Bukhoro. Bukhara" In the Uzbek, English and Russian languages. Publishing house "Uzbekistan", Tashkent 2000. Mukhammad Narkshakhi. History of Bukhara. Tashkent. 1897 (translator N.Lykoshina). V.G.Saakov  "Architectural masterpieces of Bukhara. A Bukhara regional society "Kitabhon" Uzbek SSR, Exactly 1991 Robert Almeev. "History of ancient Bukhara". (Under edition of the Academician of the Academy of sciences of Republic Uzbekistan of Rtveladze E.V.)