Spotlights on the Architecture of Margelan Mosques in Uzbekistan (13- 14th A.H / 19 - 20th A.D) Centuries
Mahmoud Roshdy
Islamic Department, Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University, Egypt
ABSTRACT
City of Margilan is considered one of the most important cities in the Republic of Uzbekistan that having a
lot of different architectural monuments , some of them still remain ,others were destroyed by Russian
invasion so we don’t know a lot about them , despite their great number the city didn’t have the same fame
of the other cities in Central Asia such as Bukhara ,Samarqand , Khiva and Tashkent . In addition the
period of Manghit rule ( 1200-1338 A.H / 1785 – 1920 A.D ) had a lot of mosques that showing the
flourishing of architectural activity that arise our interest to study the architecture of the mosques of that
period as well as making a comparison with other cities , the contemporary and previous in Uzbekistan
that reflecting creations and architectural traditions of Ferghana valley , in addition it shows the skills of
architects and artists that having a high degree of skill in matching the buildings with the environment
nature in Central Asia as well as the variety in architectural and decorative units .
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KEYWORDS
Uzbekistan , Margilan , Mosque , Mihrab , Arch
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