Single-Chamber Mosque of Takhti-Suleiman

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Single-Chamber Mosque of Takhti-Suleiman


Single-Chamber Mosque of Takhti-Suleiman is unique in its location, as it is built on the eastern peak of Suleiman Mountain. In recent decades, this structure has been associated with the name of Muhammad Zahiriddin Babur - a descendant of Timur (Tamerlane) and has been referred to as Babur's House.
In his work, Mr. E. de Youfalvi de Mezo-Kovesd - the head of the French ethnographic expedition of 1877 to Central Asia, describing the city of Osh, provides quite detailed information about some of the most interesting architectural structures of Osh in the mid-19th century. In particular, regarding the mosque on the first peak of Takhti-Suleiman, he writes: “Upon reaching this peak, one can notice a brick structure in the ground, which serves as a resting place for pilgrims. Nearby is a brick wall, around which one approaches a small mosque named Kodjamne-Dzhai, built in the year 1240 of the Hijra.

Single-Chamber Mosque of Takhti-Suleiman


This very small mosque is well made, especially inside. The floor consists of 2-3 large hewn stone slabs, polished by the feet of numerous pilgrims and shines like polished marble. The walls of the mosque are made of white stone, which is also well polished. It seemed to me that they were made of marble. These stones are decorated in many places with beautiful sculptural carvings.

The ceiling arch is oval and elegant. Two small windows are proportional to the overall volume of this mosque, which consists of a single room with an area of four square meters. The oak door, adorned with intricate carvings, consists of two halves. Under the arch of a deep portal niche, in the open space before the entrance to the mosque, is a mullah.”
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