Ishaan Bazar, the mosque

Around 1886-1916. It is situated in Akkoyly village (Ordabasy district, SKR). It has several names: Kumesh Mosque (by the name of the river), Akkoyly Mosque (by the Kazakh genus of Akkoyly that lived here), Ak Mosque, Akhuna Mosque, Ishan Bazar Mosque.

The mosque is located near the village of Akkoyly, on a hill, in a kind of center of the Arys valley. It was a lively place, before the revolution it was the center of religious and social life of the whole district. The construction of the monumental country mosque also contributed to the sacralization of the natural landscape.

According to local legend, poets Sagyndyk and Egemberdy lived in this area. The last one studied in Bukhara for about 30 years, received the title of Ishaan; he was the first imam of the mosque and arranged a madrassa at it. Madi Kari, son of Egemberdy, also received spiritual education in Bukhara. He began building a mosque around 1886 and led the construction of the mosque. The foundation stone was laid by two masters from Tashkent, and the construction was also led by a Tashkent architect named Yusup, who left an inscription in Arabic in the interior of the mosque. The mosque was built on the funds of Madi and his relatives with the help of the surrounding population. It was built for about 30 years. After the mosque was closed in 1926, it was systematically destroyed for 40 years, the brick was used for other buildings. The famous Kazakh poet Nysanbayuly Nuraly (1857-1930) studied in this mosque.

In 1981-1983 for the first time was examined in the course of certification of architectural monuments by the expedition of the Kazprojectrestoration Institute of the Ministry of Culture of the Kazakh SSR. It is included in the Code of Historical and Cultural Monuments of Kazakhstan (G.M. Kamalova). In 1983, an architectural measurement was made and archeological pits were laid to reveal the foundations. In 1987, the project of restoration of the mosque (Institute of "Kazprojectrestoration") was prepared. Partly restored in the early 1990s.

It is a rare type of country mosque in Kazakhstan - namazgoh (musalla al-id - "a place for praying on a holiday"), or musalla al-idayn - "a place for praying on both holidays". It was intended for large mass prayers on the days of the two main annual Muslim holidays - Id al-Adha or Id al-Kabir, Id al-Kurban (Arab), Kurbanbayram (Turk) and Id al-Fitr, Id al-Sagir (Arabic) and Uraza-Bayram (Turk). The purpose of namazgoh is to serve as a place of gathering of huge masses of people; the idea is to unite all in a common prayer to God.

Ishan Bazaar is a double-row, five-span mosque with a large dome volume in the center, with a dome iwan on the main facade. The portal of it differed very insignificantly in volume and height on a background of a dome iwan. Architectural-planning solution of the mosque of Ishan Bazar was spatial and inextricably connected with the adjacent square.

The mosque is composed of baked bricks with the size of 27×14×7 cm, which were used in the XIX century. Domes, arches and other curvilinear elements are derived from square bricks (25×25×5 cm).

The construction consisted of nine rooms - a large prayer hall (winter mosque) with a mihrab, adjacent to it from the north and south pairs of square rooms. The mihrab hall of the room is connected with arches that are so wide that there is an impression of free flow of space. In the corners of the building there are hujras for imam and students. Architecturally, Ishaan Bazar is not a madrassa. But its cult and socio-cultural value was such that it has outgrown typological frameworks, becoming the center of attraction of many people. The mosque was festive, a place of remembrance of the dead, served as a spiritual school and a people's home, and, as a monumental architectural construction, was the organizing beginning in the life of the entire district.

The mosque was decorated with a developed iwan, facing east, to the praying people. Its deep shaded cells were in contrast to the dull smooth surface of the outer walls. The lapidary volume of the dome, which covered the main prayer hall, dominated the whole building. He rested on a structure of arched and thyroid sails. The transition from a square plan to the bases of small spherical domes in the rooms adjacent to the mihrab hall from the north and south, is carried out with the help of small thyroid sails, supported by lancet arches along the axes of the walls. It is most likely that a number of lancet domes on thyroid sails covered the iwan' s through galleries.

In the western wall of the main hall there is a smart mihrab, the wall itself is broken into panels and cartouches with traditional ornamental motif of a vase with a bouquet blossoming. The wall was completed by a narrow ribbon of giriha made of blue eight-pointed stars, as if cut in half horizontally. Above the large panels there were smaller ones with epigraphy. The epigraphic decoration program includes quotations from the Koran and hadith. Some of them could be read and reconstructed.

Architectural monument of republican importance. Since 1982 it has been protected by the state. The object of pilgrimage and religious tourism.

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Мұра атауы Ishaan Bazar, the mosque
Орналасқан жері Түркістан облысы, Ordabasy District
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Мұраның санаты Historical and cultural monuments of republican significance
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Around 1886-1916. It is situated in Akkoyly village (Ordabasy district, SKR). It has several names: Kumesh Mosque (by the name of the river), Akkoyly Mosque (by the Kazakh genus of Akkoyly that lived here), Ak Mosque, Akhuna Mosque, Ishan Bazar Mosque.

The mosque is located near the village of Akkoyly, on a hill, in a kind of center of the Arys valley. It was a lively place, before the revolution it was the center of religious and social life of the whole district. The construction of the monumental country mosque also contributed to the sacralization of the natural landscape.

According to local legend, poets Sagyndyk and Egemberdy lived in this area. The last one studied in Bukhara for about 30 years, received the title of Ishaan; he was the first imam of the mosque and arranged a madrassa at it. Madi Kari, son of Egemberdy, also received spiritual education in Bukhara. He began building a mosque around 1886 and led the construction of the mosque. The foundation stone was laid by two masters from Tashkent, and the construction was also led by a Tashkent architect named Yusup, who left an inscription in Arabic in the interior of the mosque. The mosque was built on the funds of Madi and his relatives with the help of the surrounding population. It was built for about 30 years. After the mosque was closed in 1926, it was systematically destroyed for 40 years, the brick was used for other buildings. The famous Kazakh poet Nysanbayuly Nuraly (1857-1930) studied in this mosque.

In 1981-1983 for the first time was examined in the course of certification of architectural monuments by the expedition of the Kazprojectrestoration Institute of the Ministry of Culture of the Kazakh SSR. It is included in the Code of Historical and Cultural Monuments of Kazakhstan (G.M. Kamalova). In 1983, an architectural measurement was made and archeological pits were laid to reveal the foundations. In 1987, the project of restoration of the mosque (Institute of "Kazprojectrestoration") was prepared. Partly restored in the early 1990s.

It is a rare type of country mosque in Kazakhstan - namazgoh (musalla al-id - "a place for praying on a holiday"), or musalla al-idayn - "a place for praying on both holidays". It was intended for large mass prayers on the days of the two main annual Muslim holidays - Id al-Adha or Id al-Kabir, Id al-Kurban (Arab), Kurbanbayram (Turk) and Id al-Fitr, Id al-Sagir (Arabic) and Uraza-Bayram (Turk). The purpose of namazgoh is to serve as a place of gathering of huge masses of people; the idea is to unite all in a common prayer to God.

Ishan Bazaar is a double-row, five-span mosque with a large dome volume in the center, with a dome iwan on the main facade. The portal of it differed very insignificantly in volume and height on a background of a dome iwan. Architectural-planning solution of the mosque of Ishan Bazar was spatial and inextricably connected with the adjacent square.

The mosque is composed of baked bricks with the size of 27×14×7 cm, which were used in the XIX century. Domes, arches and other curvilinear elements are derived from square bricks (25×25×5 cm).

The construction consisted of nine rooms - a large prayer hall (winter mosque) with a mihrab, adjacent to it from the north and south pairs of square rooms. The mihrab hall of the room is connected with arches that are so wide that there is an impression of free flow of space. In the corners of the building there are hujras for imam and students. Architecturally, Ishaan Bazar is not a madrassa. But its cult and socio-cultural value was such that it has outgrown typological frameworks, becoming the center of attraction of many people. The mosque was festive, a place of remembrance of the dead, served as a spiritual school and a people's home, and, as a monumental architectural construction, was the organizing beginning in the life of the entire district.

The mosque was decorated with a developed iwan, facing east, to the praying people. Its deep shaded cells were in contrast to the dull smooth surface of the outer walls. The lapidary volume of the dome, which covered the main prayer hall, dominated the whole building. He rested on a structure of arched and thyroid sails. The transition from a square plan to the bases of small spherical domes in the rooms adjacent to the mihrab hall from the north and south, is carried out with the help of small thyroid sails, supported by lancet arches along the axes of the walls. It is most likely that a number of lancet domes on thyroid sails covered the iwan' s through galleries.

In the western wall of the main hall there is a smart mihrab, the wall itself is broken into panels and cartouches with traditional ornamental motif of a vase with a bouquet blossoming. The wall was completed by a narrow ribbon of giriha made of blue eight-pointed stars, as if cut in half horizontally. Above the large panels there were smaller ones with epigraphy. The epigraphic decoration program includes quotations from the Koran and hadith. Some of them could be read and reconstructed.

Architectural monument of republican importance. Since 1982 it has been protected by the state. The object of pilgrimage and religious tourism.