Registan Ensemble

Madrassah Sherdor

The history of Samarkand is closely connected with the activity of Yalangtushbiy Bahodir who was originated from olchin tribe and who was a representative of Uzbek aristocrats in the first half of the 17^th century. In ashtarkhenid’s period the volume of building increased with the impact of Yalangtushbiy Bahodir in Samarkand. By the order and by the guidance of the generous and the well-educated governor, being conducted of the work of reconstruction of Mirzo Ulugbek madrassah where is on Registan Square and xonakhoh which was destroyed fully, xammom Mirzoyi and two huge buildings Sherdor madrassah (1619-1636) and Tilla Kori madrassah-mausoleum (1646-1660) were established. In the replace of the destroyed xonakoh which had a big –cupola and its diameter 15 meters Sherdor madrassah was built as a copy which is located just opposite of Mirzo Ulughbek madrassah. Although the portal part of Sherdor madrassah looks like Mirzo Ulugbek’s Madrassa with its portal ,but it differs from each other by the quality of finishing works. The surface of Sherdor Madrassah is 70x57m, it is a rectangular form, its yard is surrounded by two-storey hudjras (cells), the number of them is 52, and the darskanas (classrooms) are situated at the corner of the yard. But in this historical monument there is no mausoleum; southern-western darskhana was considered as a ziyoratkhana (premises), because outside the tomb of Imam Mukhammad ibn Ja’fari Sodik was connected. The minaret and the cupola of Sherdor Madrasah looks like Ulugbek Madrassah, but backside of facades is surrounded by guldasta minarets.