Khoja Gaukushan Ensemble

 Hello, dears. Today we went out again to continue our practice. Today we went to Gavkushan madrasa with our group. I want to share my impressions of my trip today.


The Khoja-Gaukushan Ensemble  is one of the largest architectural complexes in the center of Bukhara. Along with a number of other buildings in central Bukhara, it is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The name Gaukushan means "killing bulls" as the site was previously home to an animal trading area.The complex includes a madrassa and a mosque with a tall and wide minaret, equal in width to the Khoja Kalon minaret, but shorter.

The complex was built in 1570 during the reign of the Uzbek Khan Abdullah II.



According to the various sources, the idea to produce this ensemble originates from Sheikh Khoja Saad, from the honored Juybar family. He granted funds for the construction of large and significant objects, becoming the main patron of the project. Also, another source says that the ensemble's only Juma Mosque was supported by an influential Juybar Sheikh known as Khoja Sa'ad or Khoja Kalon (Great Khodja), who at that time was the head of the Naqshbandi Brotherhood.



The building itself has the shape of a regular trapezoid, as it was located at the intersection of several streets. Khoja Gaukushan was built according to the traditional courtyard scheme in a typical oriental style. The complex consists of a madrasah, mosque, minaret and a pool (hauz). Madrasah is a Muslim educational institution, whose graduates later enter higher educational institutions. Education in the madrasah was primarily religious, and thus its decoration is marked by asceticism, while the outer facade boasts of majolica and tile mosaics resembling those of Bukhara's Abdullakhan Madrasah.



Khoja Gaukushan Madrasah is a two-story building with domed hujras. Here, students learned the history of Islam, Arabic, Sharia and the Koran. The impressive minaret which is second in height after the famous Kalyan minaret, it is even believed that the Khoja minaret is its mini copy of Kalyan. The decoration used to enrich the Khoja-Gaukushan complex is a two- color ganch decoration.

Today was also very good. Until our next trip, my dears👋👋👋❤️



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