Chashmai Ayub

 First of all, hello. Today, April 6, is the fourth day of our practice class. Together with our teacher Inobat Zoirovna, we visited Chashmai Ayub's mausoleum. We gathered at 10:00 and started our journey.

Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum is located near the Samani Mausoleum, in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Its name means Job's well, due to the legend in which Job (Ayub) visited this place and made a well by striking the ground with his staff. The water of this well is still pure and is considered healing. The current building was constructed during the reign of Timur and features a Khwarazm-style conical dome uncommon in Bukhara.

We learned a lot of information. We really liked this place. It is a place with a beautiful view. As far as we know, Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum is in the middle of a small, ancient cemetery. The construction suffered some losses, but the preserved parts represent a combination of a harmonious entrance portal, and adjoining it are the remains of the western curtain wall. The construction layout of the portal is in a traditional pattern, made up in the form of two pylons, forming the niche overlapped by the semi vault. The II-shaped frame, the inside of which forms the obverse surface, tympanum, and ktoba, is finished with an inscription above the lancet arch. The northern part of the niche portal is a limited gable wall with a doorway. From the western end the portal is adjoined by a deep brick wall that measures 5.9 m, of which the western portion has been lost. The wall is in the form of a trapezoid with a large base. The central room is overlapped by the tent-peaked dome. Except for the proportions of the construction, this monument has well-considered and perfectly executed decoration, the basic part of which is concentrated on the portal. The most effective place in the general composition of the decoration is ktoba, filled with Arabic inscriptions on a background of botanical ornamentation. The portal frame on the external contour is marked by the II-shaped zone, strengthened by girikh from intertwining octahedrons, made of terracotta bricks. Glazed inserts in turquoise fill the central octahedral sockets. A tape borders the frame and ktoba. The historical value of the monument consists of the exact dating written on ktoba (1208–1209 .A.D.) or the 605th year of the Muslim Calendar.

It is believed that the construction of Chashma-Ayub tomb dates back to the 12th century. According to legends, one of the prophets of the Bible - Ayub (Job) - while passing through this waterless part of Bukhara, hit the ground with his cane - as a result, a spring of clean, healing water appeared here. In the 14th century, the craftsmen from Khorezm brought by Amir Temur during one of his campaigns built a building over the spring and well and gave the cone-shaped dome above the high traction device in the well a shape typical for Khorezm. compared to them, the famous Chor-Minor mosque can be called a newly built building - it was built in the 19th century. In this mosque, four small minarets and domes are blue in color, which gives the mosque a unique look. It is common for eastern architecture to use ponds with artificial water bodies not only for practical purposes, but also for a more comprehensive decoration of the city.

Mausoleum (also spelled Chashma-Ayub) is a cult historic building with a sacred spring in the center of Bukhara. It was named after the saint Ayyub, known as Job in the Bible. According to legend, the people who lived where Bukhara grew afterwards were dying of thirst, for water had left the area. When they saw Job wandering there, they asked him to help. Job hit the ground with his staff, thus opening a spring with clean and healing water. The local people still believe the spring water is healing. The mausoleum was built right over the spring, not far from Ismail Samani Mausoleum and the ruins of the ancient city wall. The structure is crowned with domes of various sizes. The central double-dome over the main chamber features a tent-like top, which is uncharacteristic of Bukhara. The smaller chambers under the rest of the domes are dim and charmingly mysterious.

The mausoleum was built in the 12th сentury during the reign of the Karakhanids (also spelled Qarakhanids). Two centuries later Tamerlane brought master craftsmen from Khorezm and ordered them to extend the building. That was why the mausoleum has characteristic Khorezmian architectural features. During the 14th - 19th с the building was reconstructed several times. There are a few graves in the mausoleum. The earliest of them is of the famous expert in hadith, theologian and author of historical treatises Hajji Hafiz Gunjori. He was buried there in 1022. Today the mausoleum houses Water Museum and Carpet Exhibition. The museum exhibits deal with the history of Bukhara region irrigation and water supply. Among them stand out the ceramic water pipes dating back to the 18th - 19th centuries, copper water containers with chased designs and leather water bags dating back to the 19th - 20th centuries.

There are also various exhibits. You can see them through the pictures below:

Besides these, the graves of our prophet named Ayub are also here. According to narrations, Prophet Ayub was the most beloved servant of God Almighty. For this reason, God only torments this prophet. And our Prophet Ayub used to say, '' Thank God,'' even when he suffered any kind of pain. In fact, it is not for nothing that it is said that God.

Thus concludes another day of our practice. We really enjoyed today's address. See you in the next blog, bye🙋🙋😃😃😃