Ismail Samoni mausoleum.

Day 6.Ismail Samoni Mausoleum.

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Today is Monday, April 10, and the second week of our practice has begun. Today's practice was interesting. The weather was open and sunny. Today, we visited Ismail Somoni's mausoleum together with our teacher Inobat Zoirovna. 

We really liked our address today. It is a place with a beautiful view. As always, we learned a lot from today's practice. According to these data, Popularly known as the Tomb of the Samanid, this early mausoleum was erected by the Samanid ruler sometime before 943/332 AH. An existing document indicates that it was possibly built for his father. Although three bodies lie within, a wooden plaque identifies only Ismail's grandson, Nasr ibn Ahmad ibn Ismail or as-Said Nasr II. Ostensibly the family crypt of the first local Muslim dynasty, it is possible that, consistent with popular nomenclature, the structure does indeed contain the grave of Ismail himself. The Somanii Mausoleum was built in the 9th century by the order of the founder of the dynasty, Ismail Somani. The building is located in the center of the garden on the site of an ancient tomb and is the dahma of the famous dynasty (875-999).

There are three graves inside it, one of which belongs to Ahmad ibn Ismail, the son of Ismail Samani. but there is no clear information that Ismail himself was buried here.

When Genghis Khan was approaching the city, the people of Bukhara completely buried the mausoleum of the Somonites. They knew that Genghis Khan's army would destroy everything in its path. therefore, the army saw a small hill instead of a beautiful structure and passed by it. After the danger was over, the people of Bukhara carefully dug up the mausoleum.

According to written sources and narrations, the mausoleum was built on the grave of Ismail Somani's father. It is assumed that the tomb on the eastern side is the tomb of Ismail Samani (849-907). Narshahi writes in the history book of Bukhara that the son of Ismail Samani, Amir Ahmed (914), was killed by his slaves and buried in this mausoleum. According to the Vaqfnama (868) found by M. Saidjonov, a part of the land from the tomb of his father Amir Ahmad to Registan was dedicated to the mausoleum.

The dome was repaired in 1925. Archeological investigations were conducted under the leadership of V. Vyatkin. The dirt that buried the building was cleared from the soil and repaired under the leadership of B. Zasipkin and Usta Shirin Murodov. 

From the design of Ismail Somoni's mausoleum to its dimensional structure, it was determined that it was created based on geometric order and rules.

The 4 sides of the mausoleum are in the form of a single arched roof, the quiet brick decoration reminds of a fence with spikes or reeds, burra texture. wall thickness - 1.8 m, dimensions - 10.80x10.70 m outside, 7.20x7.20 m inside. It is covered with a dome. 4 corners are made in the form of columns, 4 domes are placed around the dome. At the top of the wall is a yellow window (40).

Every window is framed. The arched brick roof is bordered by a necklace of coins. On both ends, a charm is made of a small finger. The interior of the building is inextricably linked with the exterior decoration, and the style is the same. The overlapping arches of the inner wall under the dome rested on columns. arches form the base of an 8-sided dome. Columns supporting the dome are made in the corners of the edges.

At the time of the archaeological excavation (1927), it was found that there were 2 wooden sagans in the room.

This is the first day of our second week of practice. We really enjoyed our practice today because we learned a lot about the mausoleum. See you in the next blogs. Goodbye🙋🙋😀✨❤