Samanid tomb, Chashma-Ayub mausoleum

              Samanid tomb

31th of may.

Today's practice site was the tomb of the Samanids. The weather is perfect for a walk in the park. You may wonder "by the park?". Yes, because the mausoleum of the Samanids is located in the main park of Bukhara, in the Samanid Park.  

The mausoleum is one of the oldest monuments of Central Asian monumental architecture and an architectural monument of world significance.

The memorial structure that has survived to this day was originally part of a larger necropolis, of which nothing else remains (a small cemetery was located in the area of ​​the mausoleum only until the end of the 1930s). At present, the mausoleum is the only surviving building of the Samanid era on the territory of the Bukhara oasis. It is also one of the first surviving structures built entirely of burnt bricks.

As part of the "Historic Center of the City of Bukhara" in 1993, it was included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

It is one of the main tourist attractions of the city.

Chashma-Ayub mausoleum

in ancient manuscripts, the following story is told. The prophet Ayyub (Job), tired of wandering, crossed the Amu Darya and reached Bukhara. The inhabitants of the city received him with honors, as a token of gratitude, Job said: “Oh, God! Bring abundance to their descendants, bring defeat to their enemies, avert confusion from them! He died in Bukhara in this very place, which has been preserved and revered to this day as a mazar; under it there is a source, according to legend, one of the sources of Jannat (paradise). They say that a tree grew near it, whose leaves were green even in winter.

In another version of the legend about Job, it is reported that in the place where he stopped, a spring gushed from the impact of his staff on the ground. Its water was considered healing, numerous pilgrims reached out to the source. Over time, the place acquired the status of a mazar - a place of worship. A cemetery appeared around it, functioning for more than a thousand years. It was believed that the water of the spring cures skin diseases and even leprosy.