Chashmai Ayub mausoleum

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Chashmai Ayub mausoleum 👣👣👣

Chashmai Ayub Mausoleum ( also spelled Chashma Ayub ) is a cult historic building with a sacred spring in the center of Bukhara. It was named after the saint Ayyub , known as a Job in the Bible .

According to the legend the people who lived where Bukhara grew afterwards were dying of the thirst, for water had left the area. When they saw Job wandering there, they asked him to help. Job hit the ground with his staff , thus opening a spring with a clean and healing water. The local people still believe the spring water is healing. The mausoleum was built right over spring, not far from Ismail Samani Mausoleum and the ruins of the ancient city wall.

The structure is crowned with domes of various sizes . The central double dome over the main chamber features a tent-like top which is uncharacteristic of Bukhara. The smallest chambers under the rest of the domes are dim and charmingly mysterious. 

The mausoleum was built in the 12 th century during the reign of the Karakhanids (also spelled Karaxon) . Two centuries later Tamerlane brought master craftsmen from Khorezm and ordered them to extand building. During 14th and 19th centuries the building was reconstructed several times.