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 Daya
Khatyn Caravansaray
The Daya-Khatyn Caravanserai was built in the second half
of the Xth century.The architecture of this building,
thanks to the style and construction details, represents
an extraordinary example of the architectural art belonging
to the Norten School of Khorasan of the Golden Age.
Among settlements from Amul to Khoresm there are the ruins
of the rabat with its caravan-serai Daya-khatyn which
is situated 170 km to the north of Charjou. In X c settlement
Dargan was the significant feudal town destroyed by the
army of Chengiz-khan. But at the end of XIII-in the middle
of XIV the town still existed here. The Rabat Daya-khatyn
represents (112x125) ruins of raw bricks (28x28x5,5 cm).
Round and rectangular walled towers fortified once rabat.
Quadrate in plan caravan-serai (the length of it's side
53 m) stands at the center of Rabat. The arches, vaults
and cupola of caravan-serai were made of burned bricks.
Preserved construction of brick vaults, console sails
are of big interest. There were found relief fragments
of texts with names of caliphs Abu-Bekir, Omar and Ali.
Caravan-serai is a typical monument of architecture. |
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