lyabi-hauz comlex

 

Lyabi-hauz complex and our group😁

Today is May 24th. And the next place for practice was Lyabi Hauz. The most beautiful part of Bukhara which everyone wants to see. Beautiful location and cozy atmosphere give a chance to feel enjoyment from city noises. 
And today's guide was Takhmina. She, like all locals, loves to spend time here. And she quite readily talked about Lyabi Hauz. 

 She also told the history of Lyabi Hauz. As she mentioned that the history of this ensemble is closely connected with the name of Nadir Divan-Begi, a great nobleman, vizier, as well as the uncle of the Emir of Bukhara Imam Kuli Khan. It is said that when Nadir Divan-Begi was building a khanka bearing his name, there was a large plot near the construction site that belonged to an old Jewish widow. Nadir Divan-Begi decided that the site would be the perfect spot for a pool, but his widow turned down his offer to buy the property. Then Nadir Divan-Begi brought her to Imam Kuli Khan in the hope that the emir would force her to sell. The emir of Bukhara ordered the congress of the mufti to sort out the issue. However, these specialists in Muslim law decided that there was no legal way to acquire property except with the consent of the widow, since Jews had rights on an equal footing with Muslims if they paid the jizya, or poll tax, on non-Muslims.

So Nadir Divan-Begi had to build a small reservoir next to the house of this stubborn Jew. But he dug a ditch, a ditch, for his new pool so that the water flowed right next to her house, although it was more expensive. Soon the water began to undermine the foundation of the widow's house. When she came to Nadir Diwan-Begi for justice, he confirmed his willingness to buy her house at a fair price. But the widow refused the money, putting forward her own conditions instead. She promised to give up her property if the rulers of Bukhara would give her another plot of land with permission to build a synagogue. In exchange for ownership of the widow, Nadir Divan-Begi gave her a plot of land belonging to him in a residential area, which was later called the Jewish Quarter (Mahalli Kuma).

Soon the first synagogue in Bukhara and a large swimming pool were built. The people began to call him Lab-i Hauz, which in Persian means "at the pool." The date of its construction is about 1620. But another epithet is still preserved in the people's memory - Hauz-i Bazur, "a pool made by force." We learned an amazing story about Lyabi Hauz.

We took pictures with the guys.

 And yes, for the development of our oral speech, we decided to talk with tourists who came from different countries. it was good for us too