Tilla-Kari Madrasa, Samarkand
description: The Tilla-Kari Madrasa stands as a seventeenth-century educational complex situated on Samarkand's Registan square which features a central courtyard surrounded by vaulted arcades and an iwan that accesses a mosque with its interior surfaces adorned with luxurious gold decorations. The building exterior displays Central Asian decorative elements through its blue tile patterns and geometric and floral designs. The interior mosque area features gold leaf decorations which create a light-reflecting effect on the muqarnas and decorative paintings. The courtyard provides access to the domed sanctuary through which visitors experience a transition between educational areas and sacred areas. The construction of Tilla-Kari as part of a grand architectural complex demonstrates how Islamic education maintained its high status during the Bukharan era while enhancing the ceremonial value of the Registan area.
creator: Patron: Yalangtush Bakhodur Architects unknown (Bukharan court workshops)
source: Image 1: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Registan_Tillya-Kari_madrasah2014.JPG
source: Image 2: https://dwc.kg/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/09-photo-workshop-adventures-uzbekistan.jpg
source: Image 3: https://dwc.kg/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/5e30abe02b808-6061-medrese-tillja-kari.jpeg
source: Image 4: https://dwc.kg/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/may-holidays-31.jpg
date: Built: 1646–1660 (mid-17th century)
contributor: Mursal Abdullah
language: Samarkand, Uzbekistan
type: Religious
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