Day 4. Boboyi Porado‘z mausoleum.

Day 4.

Boboyi Porado‘z mausoleum.

Hi everyone!!! Today is the 23rd of May, fourth day of our practice. Today we visited Boboyi Porado‘z mausoleum. As usual, we gathered at 10:00 and teacher checked our attendance for today. After that we started to give information about the monument one by one. Today me, Samiya, Malika, Feruza, Mohitobon and Oysara gave a lot of information about the mausoleum. 

The Boboyi Poradoz Mausoleum (Uzbek: Boboyi Poradoʻz maqbarasi) is a monument of architecture in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. The mausoleum was built in the 19th century and is located behind the Salakhona gate. Today the mausoleum is located opposite the Ibn Sina Library of Bukhara. The mausoleum is included in the National List of Objects of Material Cultural Heritage of Uzbekistan of Republican Importance.

He was considered the patron of all craftsmen who dealt with needles: shoemakers, tailors, gold embroiderers. His name in Persian means “grandfather who patched up”, and there are many legends associated with this name, one of them tells about a man who tried to make a pilgrimage to Mecca, asking Boboyi Poradoz to sew him a sturdy shoe for the road, the master made it from watermelon peel, but convinced the pilgrim of the durability of the product. After several years of travel, the pilgrim returned in shoes that had not lost their original appearance. Since then, the fame of Boboyi Poradoz as a skilled master spread throughout the district, and the masters unanimously chose him as their pir (head).

According to another legend, if “the ashes of the Mazar of Boboyi Poradoz are sprinkled on a wound, it will heal immediately”. Even in the 20th century, the admiration for the mausoleum of this master remained so strong that those passing by it on horseback dismounted, and pedestrians took off their hats. Once every 3–4 years, a meeting of all the masters who considered Boboyi Poradoz their patron was held in the mazar. For such meetings, common meals were arranged, and during Navruz, special celebrations were held for women.

We got a lot of information about this historical mausoleum through our practice today. At 11:30, our practice ended, and I can say that it was a great day.