Po-i Kalan
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Location:
Bukhara
Uzbekistan
coordinates: 39.7758980,64.4152756
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Building names(s): Po-i Kalan / Poi Kalân, Persian پای کلان
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credentials/awards: UNESCO World Heritage Site
The title Po-i Kalan (meaning the "Grand Foundation"), belongs to the architectural complex located at the base of the great minaret Kalân. It consists of:
- Kalyan minaret. More properly, Minâra-i Kalân, (Pesian/Tajik for the "Grand Minaret"). It is made in the form of a circular-pillar brick tower, narrowing upwards, of 9 meters (29.53 ft) diameter at the bottom, 6 meters (19.69 ft) overhead and 45.6 meters (149.61 ft) high. Also known as the Tower of Death, as for centuries criminals were executed by being tossed off the top.
- Kalân Mosque (Masjid-i Kalân), arguably completed in 1514, is equal to the Bibi-Khanym Mosque in Samarkand in size. Although they are of the same type of building, they are absolutely different in terms of art of building.
- Mir-i Arab Madrassah. There is little known about its origin, although its construction is ascribed to Sheikh Abdullah Yamani of Yemen, the spiritual mentor of early Shaybanids. He was in charge of donations of Ubaidollah Khan (gov. 1533-1539), devoted to construction of madrasah.
updated on: 20 October 2011 | suggested on: 13 May 2011 |
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