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Kalan
Mosque
The
Kalyan
Mosque
is
one
of
the
outstanding
monuments
of
Bukhara,
dating
back
to
the
fifteenth
century.
According
to
data
from
archaeological
excavations,
the
original
Karakhanid
Djuma
Mosque
was
destroyed
by
fire
and
dismantled,
apparently
at
the
time
of
the
Mongolian
invasion.
Some
time
later,
it
was
rebuilt,
but
this
reconstructed
mosque
did
not
remain
long.
A
new
mosque
was
built
in
the
fifteenth
century,
at
the
time
of
the
Sheybanids,
according
to
written
sources
of
the
time.
Under
Temur,
the
construction
of
monumental
buildings
was
concentrated
in
Samarkand
and
Shahrisabz.
However,
under
Ulughbek,
the
powerful
clergy
of
Bukhara
initiated
the
construction
of
a
new
Djuma
Mosque
on
the
site
of
the
old
one.
Its
dimensions
are
just
slightly
smaller
than
those
of
the
Bibi-Khanum,
Temur's
congregational
mosque
in
Samarkand.
However,
Bukhara's
Djuma
Mosque
is
not
decorated
as
elaborately
as
the
Bibi-Khanym.
The
layout
of
the
Djuma
Mosque
(named
the
Kalyan
Mosque)
is
traditional:
a
rectangular
courtyard
with
a
tall
and
large
maksura
room
on
the
west
side.
Each
of
the
courtyard
axes
has
a
large
ayvan
and
the
perimeter
of
the
courtyard
is
built
up
with
pillar-domed
galleries
(there
are
208
pillars
and
288
domes).
The
maksura
is
square
and
has
deeply
recessed
niches
on
the
transverse
axis
and
a
mihhrab
on
the
main
axis.
Slabbing
is
typical
for
the
early
fifteenth
century,-an
octahedron
of
arched
pendentives
supports
a
vaulted
inner
dome
and
is
capped
by
a
spherical
blue
outer
dome
upon
a
drum.
This
structure
still
dominates
the
skyline
of
Bukhara.
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