#Sher-Dor Madrasah

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Registan. Samarkand, Uzbekistan by Caspar Tromp Via Flickr: The Registan is the historical heart of Samarkand and has remained its main square throughout the centuries. The first madrasah was built under the grandson of the infamous Amir Timur (Tamerlane), named Ulugh Beg (1417-1420). Unlike his grandfather, Ulugh Beg was more interestes in arts and science than military conquest. The other two madrasahs, the Sher-Dor and Tilya-Kori, were built in the 17th century after some other Timurid monuments fell into disrepair. Together, all three madrasahs form a magnificent cityscape.

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Samarkand - Sher Dor Madrasah

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Sher-Dor Madrasah, Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

“Sher-Dor Madrasah, which translates as possessing lions, was named after the mosaic motif on the upper part of its pishtaq portal. Reflecting each other on the right and left parts of the tympanum, it is a tiger-looking beast with a mane - some sort of a tiglon - pursuing some sort of a white fallow deer, and a segment of the personified sun over the tiglon’s back: either watching the hunting scene or just rising out.

This mosaic motif is unique to medieval Islamic historic buildings, since depicting animals and people is against sharia. However, the designers of the madrasah seem to have tried to find a compromise: the creatures are fantastical, and the human face of the sun has both male and female features.

Why Yalangtush Bahadur decided to use this motif, provoking Muslim clergy, is only a supposition. Some scholars say he wanted to highlight it because it was a popular Samarkand symbol of power, a Persian symbol Samarkand had borrowed. (Iran’s emblem before 1979 was a lion with the sun too.) By the way, today’s Samarkand seal features a snow leopard - another member of the large cats family... Whatever the reason was, the mosaic turned out to be a unique Central Asian piece of art and one of Uzbekistan’s identity emblems. Sher-Dor’s tiglon and the sun is even printed on the country’s 200-som banknote.” -http://www.centralasia-travel.com/en/countries/uzbekistan/places/samarkand/registan_square

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The Registan in Samarkand, Uzbekistan was a public square and the centre of the medieval city. On three sides are madrasahs - places of learning - built between the 15th and 17th centuries.

Samarkand in the Middle Ages was prosperous, due to it’s position on the Silk Road, which ran from China to the Mediterranean.

Sher-Dor madrasah.

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Sher-Dor Madrasah, Registan square Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 1901

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Sher-Dor Madrasah in Samarkand, Uzbekistan via /r/ArchitecturePorn https://www.reddit.com/r/ArchitecturePorn/comments/hu99g9/sherdor_madrasah_in_samarkand_uzbekistan/?utm_source=ifttt

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Registan - The heart of the ancient city of the Timurid Empire in Samarkand

Registan – The heart of the ancient city of the Timurid Empire in Samarkand

The name Rēgistan means “sandy place” or “desert” in Persian. The Registan was a public square, where people gathered to hear royal proclamations and a place of public executions. It is framed by three Islamic schools of distinctive Islamic architecture. The Ulugh Beg Madrasah (1417–1420), the Tilya-Kori Madrasah (1646–1660) and the Sher-Dor Madrasah (1619–1636).

The Ulugh Beg Madrasah, built by…

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Registan

A must-see in Samarkand (and in Central Asia) is Registan which was a public square bounded by 3 madrasahs decorated with beautiful majolica tiles and mosaics was once the commercial centre in medieval Samarkand.  The three grand edifices are among world’s oldest preserved madrasahs (Islamic schools). 

The Sher-Dor Madrasah’s entrance portal is unique to Islam (which prohibits depiction of live animals) has tigers (meant to be lions), deer and Mongolian-faces, Zorostrian-inspired suns. 

This is featured on a 200 som bill (around 0.021 USD, 0.019 Euro).

Entering the madrasahs, it opens up into a lovely courtyard, common with madrasahs.

Most notable is inside the Tilla-Kara Madrasah’s (the middle one) mosque which is intricately decorated in blue and gold to symbolize Samarkand’s wealth.

The ceiling above looks domed but the roof is actually flat.

Ulugbek Madrasah is the oldest madrasah (built in 1420) was built by Ulugbek, the grandson of Timur.  Besides being a sultan, Ulugbek was also an astronomer and mathematician who taught in this madrasah.

At night, Registan looks incredible all lit up.

For more pictures, click https://photos.app.goo.gl/JULsooCnANrEpqQA6

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a child hand's playing with cotton-reels, etc. by Mettiu_84 Via Flickr: Samarkand - Uzbekistan Sher-Dor Madrasah - Registan

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Registan Samarkand, Uzbekistan by kalakeli From left to right 3 Madrasa are facing each other: Ulugh Beg Madrasah, Tilya-Kori Madrasah and Sher-Dor Madrasah Since the 10th century a madrasah is an educational institution in which Islam was taught. The years of education depended on what you wanted to become. Von links nach rechts stehen sich 3 Medresen frontal gegenüber: Ulugʻbek-Madrasa, Tilla-Kori-Madrasa und Sher-Dor-Madrasa Eine Medresse ist seit dem 10. Jahrhundert die Bezeichnung für religiöse Schulen, in denen der Koran bzw. Islamwissenschaften unterrichtet wurde. Wie viele Jahre die Ausbildung dauerte hing von dem Ziel der Ausbildung ab. https://flic.kr/p/2nRF8Ys

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Sher-Dor Madrasah was built on the Registan Square, Samarkand in 1619-1636. The name is translated as “Madrassah with Lions”. It is the distorted and exaggerated reflection of the Ulugbek Madrasah, which is located just opposite, on the western side of the Registan Square. The difference in age between them is 200 years. Sher-Dor has larger area and sizes, but it yields to its “elder brother” by the quality of finishing works.

On the outside and inside this Madrasah is decorated with bright ornaments of glazed brick, walls and towers are covered with majolica of various patterns of climber flowers and quotations from Kuran on Arabic. But some part of finishing is irretrievably lost, though scientists, historians and restorers try to recover the initial appearance of Sher-Dor Madrasah.

https://samarkandtours.com/uzbekistan/samarkand/sher-dor-madrasah/

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Sher-Dor Madrasah in Samarkand Greeting Card https://ift.tt/2whByo1. More Designs http://bit.ly/2g9LYfi

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This is the Sher-Dor Madrasah which is apart of the Registan. Sher-Dor Madrasah was built on a place of ruins of Khanaka of Ulugh Beg between 1619–1636. The name translates to “Madrassah of the Lions”. It was named after the mosaic motif on the upper part of its entrance portal, known as ‘Tiglon’. The Sher-Dor Madrasah is beautifully decorated with various patterns of climber flowers and quotations from the Koran in Arabic. The building has been restored many times and in 2001 the Sher-Dor Madrasah entered the UNESCO World Heritage List. Discovered at Samarkand, Samarkand, Uzbekistan. See more at Trover

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Sher-Dor Madrasah. Registan Suqare, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 1907