Project Description
Grandiose, majestic, powerful ... What only epithets are not heard in the address of this unique building in medieval times. And indeed it is! Reaching a height 60 meter minaret Kutlug Timur is the tallest monument in Central Asia, «Oboshedshim» even mausoleum Sultan Sandzhara.
Minaret is a conical column. Slim, thinning up round the trunk is divided by eighteen belts (bands) painted ornamentation and inscriptions on three belts "kufi". In the past, the minaret was wooden lantern Iranian type, burned during a fire. a spiral staircase leads to the top of a minaret in 145 steps, there which could only be from the roof of the now defunct mosque.
Minaret Qutlugh Timur stripped rich decor Central minaret XI-XII cc., but exceeds them daring designs: height and harmony of proportions.
On the age of the minaret are still arguing scientists. some believe, that the foundation or construction of the minaret were made during the reign of Timur Qutlugh, on the orders of the ruler. other, they started to build it even under the Shah Mamun (XI в.). Also, there is information, that it is built in the time of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni (998-1030). established only, that he (not a minaret Mamun) He survived the destruction of the city by the Mongols in 1221 g. But the dome minarets, represents a valuable piece of architecture was badly damaged and was later restored.
