Vault, Abdul Aziz Madrasa, 17th century.
Bukhara, Uzbekistan. (left)

 

Pahlavan Mahmud Mausoleum (detail), 19th century.
Khiva, Uzbekistan. (right)

 

 

During this period local architectural schools appeared and proved their originality even in the elaboration of traditional artistic themes. The variations in the handling of volumes and the diversity of decorative solutions gave each edifice an aspect of its own.

 

It suffices to compare the groups of karakhan mausoleums of the 11th and 12th centuries at Uzgen, the Sanjar Mausoleum at Merv (mid-12th century), the Fakhr al-Din al-Razi Mausoleum at Kunya-Urgench (12th century), the coupled mausoleums Hodja-Machad at Saëd (12th century), to feel all the artistic richness of the buildings of that period.