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inner ceiling and the outer cupola. This dome construction allowed the main hall of the mosque to be committed to the proportions and the aesthetics of the 30 m high interior above the mihrab. Meanwhile, the 40 m high outer dome of the main building could be designed for maximal impression and visibility. This scheme was applied also to the lateral dome structures that allowed making modest buildings the figuration tower-like structures with elegant melon-shaped and longitudinally ribbed outer domes.
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In the construction of three domes of Bibi-Khanym mosque, sophisticated in Timur's time, one important innovation was applied: a two-fold construction, where the internal dome hall neither by the form nor by height corresponds to the dome's shape from outside. There is a hollow space between the
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From the beginning of the construction, problems of structural integrity of the structure revealed themselves. Various reconstructions and reinforcements were undertaken in order to save the mosque. However, after just a few years, the first bricks had begun to fall out of the huge dome over the
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Formerly, there were open galleries measuring 7.2 m high inside the courtyard. Their cover was formed from the juxtaposition of many small, flat brick vaults and domes supported by a forest of more than 400 marble columns and buttresses. Today, only hints of the galleries can be seen.
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According to the manuscripts, the mosque was erected by the order of Timur in 1399–1405. It possesses the traits typical for many Muslim medieval constructions, especially aivanyard compositions. The mosque follows the basic plan of the
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A first basic investigation into securing the ruins was made in Soviet times. Late in the 20th century, the Uzbek government began restoration of three dome buildings and the main portal. In 1974 the government of the
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The interiors of the mosque contain gilding, imitating local brocade embroideries. Bibi-Khanym mosque was one of the most ambitious architectural projects of the Timurid period and influenced the architecture of
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at the outer corners of the site have been restored. Four other, more majestic minarets that flanked the Portal arch of the entrance and the Pischtak of the main domed building are not completed yet.
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The huge Bibi-Khanym Mosque with its three domed rooms, the covered galleries and the open courtyard was intended to gather the entire male population of Samarkand city for the joint Friday prayers.
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began the complex reconstruction of the mosque. The decoration of domes and facades was extensively restored and supplemented. During these restorations, a band of inscriptions revealing
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mosque. Its outer walls enclose a rectangular area which measures 167 metres (182.63 yards) in length and 109 metres (119.20 yards) wide and runs roughly from northeast to southwest—the
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mihrab. The scale of Timur's plans pushed the building techniques of the time to their limit, and the building's integrity was not helped by the rushed nature of its construction.
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In the middle of the courtyard is located the stone pedestal—the huge Quran stand—crafted from ornate marble blocks. This remarkable sight originates from the time of Timur.
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was added to the main sanctuary iwan of the mosque. As of 2016, work on the mosque restoration was ongoing.
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Entering the mosque from the northeast through the vast (35 metres high) parade portal leads to the
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accordingly. However the size of the site vacant of covered galleries was only 78 by 64 meters.
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A photograph taken sometime between 1905 and 1915 by color photography pioneer
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shows the mosque's appearance after its collapse in the earthquake of 1897.
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Religious buildings and structures completed in 1404
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Bibi Khanum Mosque

Affiliation
Islam
Samarkand
Uzbekistan
Bibi-Khanym Mosque is located in Uzbekistan
Geographic coordinates
39°39′38″N 66°58′45″E / 39.66056°N 66.97917°E / 39.66056; 66.97917
mosque
Style
Timurid
Uzbek
Persian
Samarkand
Uzbekistan
Islamic world
Timurid Renaissance
Soviet period

Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii


Koran
Indian campaign
Timur
Samarkand
Saray Mulk Khanum
Abdullah Khan II
Bukhara

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