Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum description and photos - Uzbekistan: Bukhara (Topic)

Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum description and photo - Uzbekistan: Bukhara. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum.

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The Chashma-Ayub mausoleum, which translates from Persian as "Job's Source", consists of a tomb and a spring, which is considered sacred. An interesting legend is associated with the source. They say that the prophet Job, traveling through Central Asia, ended up where Bukhara later appeared. He was met by people languishing with thirst and asked for a sip of water. The Prophet lowered his staff to the ground, and in this place a source of cool water, which still exists today, gushed out. Local residents firmly believe that water from the spring heals many diseases. The source looks like a well. Each visitor to the Chashma-Ayub mausoleum has the right to taste the local water.

The Chashma-Ayub mausoleum dates back to the 12th century. It was built as a tomb, but for some reason there were no burials here, or they simply have not survived to our time. In the late 70s of the XIV century, Tamerlane ordered to completely rebuild this building. The Khorezm builders and carvers worked on the reconstruction of the mausoleum, who gave the structure the features characteristic of the temples of their homeland. Subsequently, the Chashma-Ayub tomb was rebuilt several more times. The last significant renovation took place in the 19th century. The oldest building is the one in the western part of the building. The tomb was supposed to be located in it.

The mausoleum consists of four rooms, over each of which a dome is built. One of the domes has a hipped roof.

Today the mausoleum has been transformed into a museum dedicated to water. It also hosts an interesting exhibition of Persian carpets.

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