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Description
Property Name: Maghok-i Attari Mosque
Inventory No: 998-65-4
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2009-03-19
Country (State party): Uzbekistan
Province: Bukhara
Town:
Geographic coordinates: 39° 46′ 23.33″ N
64° 25′ 6.5″ E
Historic Period: 12th century, 1st half, 16th century, 1st half
Year of Construction: 16th century
Style: Karakhanid
Original Use: Mosque
Current Use: Mosque
Architect: Unknown
Significance
Maghoki-Attari Mosque was erected in the place of a pre-Islamic temple, at the south of the citadel, on the commercial street connecting the Tak-i Telpak Furushon and Tak-i Sarrafon markets. It reflects the refined pattern of the architecture of Central Asia during the Karakhanid period.
Selection Criteria
v. to be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change
vi. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance
State of Preservation
The mosque was restored by the Karahans when they came under Seljuk rule. The most extensive restoration was done in 1546. The western gate and the high domes were thought to have been rebuilt at that time.
The mosque was excavated by the Russian archaeologist V:A. Shishkin in 1939. The crown gate, buried on the south side, was completely excavated at that time. The structure underwent an extensive restoration in the 1970s. Archaeological studies are still going on in and around the structure.
References
Pugachenkova, G. A., F. M. Ashrafi, B. M. Usmanov, F. K. Kasymov, N. K. Sharipov, Bukhara: Architectural Monuments, Ministry of Culture, Tashkent, 1997
Petruccioli, Attilio (ed). Bukhara: The Myth and The Architecture, Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, Cambridge, 1999
Bulatov, Timur. Bukhara: A Museum In The Open, Gafur Gulyam Art and Literature Publishers, Tashkent, 1991.
Gombos, Károly. The Pearls of Uzbekistan: Bukhara, Samarkand, Khiva, Corvina Press, Budapest, 1976.
World Heritage Center Website: http://whc.unesco.org