Hodge’s mosque Akhrar Valya Khodja Akhrar Vali masjidi or Mosque Dzhami. Djami masjidi-an ensemble basis Registan near Chorsu Square. Only Tashkent sample of the Friday mosque of the domestic type widespread in Central Asia in the late Middle Ages. Description-The main building has the form of the cube blocked by a dome with four windows in the low cylinder. On east wall turned into the yard, the large arch is cut through. A border of arches and niches at an entrance aperture – lancet that is not characteristic to the Central Asian outline, rather Gothic.Planning of the mosque rectangular with the large building at the end of a longitudinal axis the East-West. Inside the cube, there was a mikhrab and a place for Imam. Also inside it, there were arched galleries with cells built around a long yard; a takhoratkhona is a place where the Muslims are performing ablutions before prayer. The mosque finish was ordinary without any rich decoration in order nothing could distract the faithful Muslim from his prayer, wherefore the women who only had the right to visit cemeteries and speak to a sheik rather than an imam, were not allowed to mosques.
The Khoja Akhrar Vali mosque was built in a form of 15-m cube which symbolizes the holy Kaaba, with a dome and arch span, open to the East. In pre-revolutionary Tashkent with its low-rise one- and two-storey houses, the Khoja Akhrar Vali mosque was the highest building from where the whole city could be observed. The last restoration of the Khoja Akhrar Vali mosque was performed in 90-s of the last century. The building was rebuilt anew by modern architects, its cube was demolished and instead of one dome there are three domes crowning the mosque now. The architectural ensemble surrounded the Khoja Akhrar Vali Juma Mosque except for the restored Kukeldash madrasah and a dome of the mahalla Gulbazar mosque, did not survive up to this date. One can only have an idea of the original appearance of this complex now by old pictures and photos.
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