For Sale on 1stDibs - Pair of recently restored 1920's art decor armchairs made of walnut and reupholstered in Loro Piana Bukhara Plain Camargue fabric.
Woman's coat (Chapan) (late 19th century) Artist/s name UZBEK / TAJIK people Medium silk, cotton, dyes (warp ikat) Measurements 125.0 cm (centre back) 57.0 cm (sleeve length) Place/s of Execution Bukhara, Uzbekistan
One of our favourite designs. Bukhara was inspired by an Ikat coat in the V&A.
Some of the most amazing embroidery comes from an old province in Uzbekistan. I haven’t been to Uzbekistan yet. But, I was fortunate to see a few pieces of embroidery work from the region from a local exhibit a few years back. Bukhara is a province in Uzbekistan and is still considered one of the… This post is only available to members.
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Bukhara or Kokand dated 1851 height: 42cm, weight: 1,810g At more than 40 centimetres (almost 16 inches) in height, this ewer is unusually tall for a Bukharan-style ewer. The chasing and engraving work also is unusually fine. The ewer also shows pleasing signs of use – there is light wear and a lustrous patina. Such … Read more
One of our favourite designs. Bukhara was inspired by an Ikat coat in the V&A.
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Dal Bukhara. Homemade version of rich and smoky dal served by the legendary Bukhara Restaurant of ITC Maurya hotel in Delhi.
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In Samanids Recreational Park is Bukhara’s oldest Muslim monument, the cube-shaped Ismoil Somoni Mausoleum which was completed in 905. Ismoil Somoni (Isma'il ibn Ahmad; 849-907) was in charge of Bukhara when he wrested control of the Samanid Empire from his brother in 892 so he just stayed and made Bukhara the new capital. Under his reign (until his death in 907) the Samanids emerged as a powerful force. He had a reputation for being just and generous. The mausoleum holds not only the grave of Ismoil Somoni but also the graves of his father and a grandson. By 500 BCE the settlements at the Bukhara oasis had grown enough that a walled city was founded. Bukhara prospered as a trading center, especially benefitting from its location along the Silk Road. Christianity may have been the official religion of the ruling caste in the late-7th/early-8th centuries as more coins with crosses have been found in Bukhara than anywhere else in Central Asia. However, after the Arabs finally conquered Bukhara in 751, Islam gradually became the dominant religion. In 892 the Samanids (a Sunni Persian empire) moved their capital from Samarkand to Bukhara which then grew to become the intellectual center of the Islamic world with the largest population by far of any city in Central Asia and rivaling Baghdad in its glory. The Samanid Empire was toppled in 999. In 1220 the city was leveled by the Mongols led by Genghis Khan but managed to slowly recover. In 1868 the Emirate of Bukhara was forced to become a protectorate of the Russian Empire. After the attack of the Red Army of the Bolsheviks in 1920, the Bukharan People’s Soviet Republic was formed with the bulk of it then integrated into the Uzbek SSR in 1925 (smaller portions going to present-day Tajikistan and Turkmenistan). In August 1991 Uzbekistan declared its independence. The Historic Centre of Bukhara became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993. [The term ‘Silk Road’ was coined in 1877 by German geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen. The Silk Road contributed not only to the exchange of goods and technologies, but also to the mutual enrichment of cultures and traditions of different peoples. Direct maritime trade between Europe and the Far East ultimately supplanted the overland route.] On Google Earth: Ismoil Somoni Mausoleum 39°46'37.25"N, 64°24'2.07"E
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Bukhara, Central Asia’s holiest city is 2000 years old. This Bukhara guide highlights things to see from mausoleums and madrasahs every traveller will love.
Please also visit my Photoblog at brohardphotography.blogspot.com Follow me and become Fan at Facebook Loïc Brohard Photography The intersections of main streets of medieval Bukhara served a purpose of trade, that caused a construction there of notable domed structures – taq(s) and tim(s). Passing by Po-i Kalyan northwardly one can reach a place of ancient four bazaars ("Chakhar suk" or "Chorsu"). There is situated the first of such structures, called Chorsu or Taq-i Zargaron ("zargaron" means "jeweler"). Taq-i Zargaron According to Khafizi Tanysh, a chronicler of the 16-th century, in 1569-70 Taq-i Zargaron, the taq of jewelers, is the largest of all existing ancient shopping malls in Bukhara. Tag-i Zargaron once accommodated 36 shops and ateliers with all inventory. Tim Abdullakhan A cowded street encumbered with caravanserais and rows of stalls once led to the south from Taq-i Zargaron. The arcade Tim Abdullah-khan (1577) became the dominating structure at that street in the epoch of Abdullah-khan II (1561-1598), the most successful khan of the Shaibanid dynasty. Taq-i Telpaq Furushon Shortly after Tim Abdullakhan the same street leads to southeast where it meets northern passageway of Taq-i Telpaq Furushon. Besides this street four more streets at different angles reach the structure. Architects met a challenge by making passageways for each street between six radially placed pylons carrying a low cylindrical cupola (of 14.5 meters in diameter) with dodecahedral skylight. The galleries with niches and storerooms around the central hall are located on twelve inner 12 axes. Taq-i Telpaq Furushon was a shopping mall mainly of fur and other kind of head-dresses such as skullcaps embroidered with gold-thread and beads, fur-hats, and skillfully rolled turbans. Western passageway of Taq-i Telpaq Furushon leads to Mekhtar Ambar street. The first building on the right that adjoins to the wall of Taq-i Telpaq Furushon is the ancient caravanserai Kuleta of the 16-th century. If to pass a little in front on the left, one can see the mosque named Kurpa of the first half of the 16-th century. Nearly at the end of this street on the right, there is another curiosity, the Madrasah of Mullo Tursunjon, which at the end of the 18-th century became fourth of greatest madrasahs in Bukhara after Kukeldash, Mir-i-Arab and Abdullah-khan. Taq-i Sarrafon Taq-i Sarrafon was built at the end of the 16-th century at the place of historic market place beside the ancient aryk - an irrigation ditch - Shahrud. Now the water of Shahrud flows on the bottom of concrete channel. However, in the past it looked like muddy rivulet. Beside it, there was moneychangers' bazaar from time of ancient Bukhara. When Taq-i sarrafon was built they made it the center of usurious/currency businesses. There, also were stores with skullcaps embroidered with gold, snow-white turbans, earrings, pendants, expensive harness and crockery. Today's bargaining takes place in way that looks like the whole of it. Foundation of Taq-i sarrafon unearthed during recent restoration lies almost two meters beneath the soil level. Bukhara bathhouses Near to Taq-i Sarrafon trading dome one can see the bathhouse of the same name. Bathhouses are not to be confused with special premises for ablution — they were available in many quarters of city. Ablutions, in the East, have always been important part of religious worship. Depending on facilities there were two types of such premises: tahorathona - a place for partial ablution, which, according to sharia law, should precede each prayer - and guslhona for complete ablution, which are ritual obligatory, for example after intimacy between husband and wife. Independently of ablution, a visit to a bathhouse was considered a "must" as part of standard of well-being of the citizens in Bukhara. Therefore, bathhouses were an indispensable element of an urban public center. Particular significance was attached to medicinal and hygienic properties of baths have. As Abu Ali ibn Sina writes in his “Canon of Medical Science”, good baths must have a firm building, moderate temperature, bright light, pure air, roomy and attractively painted dressing room and pleasant water. The entrance of Taq-i Sarrafon bathhouse leads straight from a street into relatively spacious checkroom and lounge. Further from the lounge, a corridor leads to several semi-basement bathrooms - with dome-shaped roof - connected by narrow passages. There is one more intact ancient bathhouse in the present-day Bukhara. It is Bozor-i Kord, near to Taq-i Telpaq Furushon. Though in outward appearance the bathhouses look inexpressive - these semi-basement structures pressed into narrow space amongst trading buildings scarcely rise above the surface with their low domes - they are interesting from cultural, historical and architectural points of view as good preserved examples of the civic-building in Bukhara in the 16-th century.
