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Uyum-Tash. On the way to Sary-Chelek
- renowned as an ancient place of judgment. A person who had committed
lots of sins would try to pass through he would get stuck, squeezed
or crushed but a pure person would pass through unharmed. If someone
was suspected of lying or stealing, they were asked to visit this
place - and the fear this potential experience could inspire was
sufficient to lead to full confessions. Top
Uzgen, town, which is situated on the right
bank of the mountain river Kara-Darya (60 km away from Osh), was founded
in the 8-9th centuries. The fourth city according to its size after Axiket,
Kuba and Osh it was a large trade centre on the outskirts of the state of
Samanids. From the second part of the 11th century till the beginning of
the 13th century this mighty fortress, Uzgen, was the capital of Ferghana
apanage of the Karakhanid State. In the 13th century it was destroyed by
Genghis Khan and only the Uzgen Tower (Minaret) and three mausoleums preserved.
Nowadays there are sites of ancient settlement; the ruins of the citadel and
shakhristan (inner city). Uzgen Minaret of the 10-12th centuries, built near
the Muslim mosque, still keeps some remains of its decoration.
Uzgen mausoleums of the 11-12th centuries, the Northern, Middle and
Southern, were built in the centre of the city not far from each other.
In mausoleums rulers of Karakhanids dynasty are buried. There is a supposition
that in the Middle one, which was built at the beginning of the 11th century,
founder of the Karakhanids dynasty Nasr Ibn Ali was buried. The latter
one - Northern mausoleum was built in 1152-1153 years, there is a remains
of Hasan Ibn Husein Ibn Ali in it. Name of a man that was buried in the
third - Southern mausoleum isn't known, but the carved terracotta keeps
the date - 1187 year. Mausoleums are decorated with the carved polished
bricks with belts of aphorisms in kufi writing on the portals.
The monuments of Uzgen are called encyclopedia of the Karakhanids culture,
because one can observe clearly progress stages of an architectural forms
as well as of the decorative art of the 11-12th centuries. Top
Uzun-Akmat. In the Uzun-Akmat
canyon there is a Forest reserve of 500 hectares, with a «hunting
farm», and several historical monuments. Top
