Day 8

 Boboyi Poraduz

This tomb is located opposite the Jewish cemetery on Ibrokhim Muminov Street. It is a rarely visited area by tourists though a popular place for locals with the Central Park being a short walk north. The entrance to the tomb complex is through an impressive brick archway with star shaped designs on the

It does not have a main façade, since all its sides are the same. The middle of each side is cut by a large lancet arch, massive cylindrical columns are erected at the corners - without a base and capitals. All entrances are framed by rectangular frames made of brick circles, into which iron bars are embedded. The main entrance is considered to be the eastern side, which has a wooden beam with a date and an inscription. On the top of the mausoleum, encircling it from all sides, there is an arcade of small lancet windows - one Yus on each side. Of particular interest in the tomb of the Samanids is the design of the ceiling: on the massive walls of the building, at the level of the arcade, a through gallery was erected, which unloads the dome of the mausoleum and makes the whole structure light. During this period, high-quality burnt bricks and alabaster mortar began to be used in construction. The alternation of bricks laid horizontally and at an angle, flat and vertical, diagonally and in a herringbone pattern, replaced the non-existent color irrigation at that time. By means of such masonry, the masters managed to achieve an exceptional artistic effect, and the flat walls of the mausoleum turned out to be covered with a peculiar ornament that revived them and gave them softness and tenderness. The walls seemed to move apart and become transparent. During the day, the ornament changes its intricate pattern with different inclinations of the sun's rays, but it is most beautiful in moonlight.