Minorai Kalon

           Hello everyone😊😊

I want to share with you my 

impressions during today's 

practical lesson. Our today's 

practical lesson consisted of 

visiting Minorai Kalon and 

studying its history together with 

our teacher Inobat Zoirovna. 

Unfortunately, the weather was 

very cold and raining. 

Despite this, we studied 

one Minorai Kalon with interest. 

According to information from 

historical sources, earlier there 

was a historical minaret on the 

place of Minorai Kalon. After it 

was destroyed, Minorai Kalon 

was rebuilt. 

The state of Kalon after its tower 

was destroyed by Frunze's troops 

(1920).

The tower was built in 1127 by 

Arslan Khan Muhammad from 

the Karakhanid dynasty based on 

the project of the engineer and 

architect Baqo. The most 

beautiful building was built by a 

local architect named Bako. His 

name is immortalized on the top 

ledge of the minaret. There is a 

legend that many masters tried to 

build a tower of unprecedented 

beauty and height, but it 

constantly collapsed, and only a 

master named Bako found the 

necessary materials and 

managed to complete the 

construction of an ambitious 

structure. Today, the Kalon 

minaret is part of the Poi-Kalon 

architectural ensemble. In 

addition to the minaret, this 

includes the Kalon Cathedral 

Mosque (XV-XVI centuries) and 

the Miri-Arab Madrasah (XVI 

century).

 

At one time, Minorai Kalon was 

used for observation from above 

and for religious affairs, in 

particular, to call the population 

to the Poi Kalon Mosque for Eid 

prayers and Friday prayers. in 

some sources, there are 

hypotheses that this place was a 

place of spectacular execution 

during the Bukhara Emirate.

At different times, the minaret 

served for different purposes. 

The main one was religious - to 

call the faithful Muslims to 

prayer. There was also a period 

in the history of the unique 

minaret when the tower was 

used as an execution tool for the 

condemned. Sometimes it was 

called the "Tower of Death".

Often this tower was used to call 

on the people and announce 

important decisions of the rulers 

to them and also for observation, 

the observation deck provided 

surveillance over long distances, 

and sometimes even served as a 

beacon for wanderers who got 

lost in the desert.Today, the 

Minorai Kalon Minaret, which is 

part of the unified architectural 

ensemble Poi-Kalon, is included 

in the Representative List of the 

UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The height of the tower is 47.5 

meters, and the diameter is 9 

meters. This monument with 105 

steps was called the Arslan Khan 

tower at the time.

And that concludes our practice 

session today, which was great 

despite the rainy weather. We 

learned a lot from this lesson that 

we didn't know. We have gained 

more or less knowledge about the 

history of historical monuments 

in our country. 😀😀😀

I hope to see you all at our next 

practice.😊😊😊😊