Among Zoroastrian burial items, there is a camel-shaped zoomorphic OSTADON lying there. It was found…
The Oqsaroy palace was preceeded by the construction of a similar type of building – the palaces of Termiz rulers erected in the 9th–12th centuries.
While in use, the building was subjected to reconstruction along with the palace complex. The entrance was framed with a monumental portal. An Audience Hall was located on the main axis of the yard, less significant buildings were accommodated on the transverse axis of the yard. Experts belive that the palace of a ruler in Shakhriark, built during a Seljuk ruler in the 9th century. was a prototype of Oqsaroy in terms of design. The palace was a twostoried structure, built of crude brick. Its general composition is an example of Central Asian planning methods and is the most important thing about it.
Certain similarity in the planning structure is found in the Ghazni palace of the 9th century in Lashgargokh in Afghanistan, where located around a courtyard were longitudinally axial fourayvan (veranda) buildings. During the Temurid era, apart from palace and admnistrative architectural complexes, of which Oqsaroy is one, also dominated another category of palaces during the epoch of Temurids, which served as the rulers’ urban and country residences. These palaces have been well studied both in historical and typological perspectives. They used to be built primarily on the best urban and suburban territories.
You can learn more about the topic in the book-album "Architectural epigraphy of Uzbekistan. Qashqadaryo, Shahrisabz" of the series "Architectural epigraphy of Uzbekistan".
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