TASH KHAULI

Opposite the entrance to the caravanserai is the harem of Tash Khauli, the «stone palace», which until recently also served as an entrance to the palace. After a few works, it is again accessible by its usual entrance, in a left lane just after the Madrasas Mourad Inak. The Citadel in the heart of the inner city, Tash Khauli, was built from 1831 to 1841. Behind the high walls, the Khan was built this new palace with a courtroom, administrative buildings, the royal apartments and a harem. Nurmuhamad Tadjikhan, the hapless architect who signed this magnificent book, had a rare but frequent spell in his profession. He had the insolence to tell the episode that it was impossible to finish the palace in two years; in retaliation, the khan decided to make him impaling. His successor probably promised to be quicker, but he did eight years to complete the book. Artisans craftsmen were renowned for the quality of their majolica decorations and their work in wood; the iwan of the harem, as well as those of the judging hall and the courtroom, are the best illustration of their perfect mastery. From 1841 onwards, the "stone palace" became the main residence of the Khan of Uzs.

The harem. Its five simple column iwan overlook a long courtyard lined with a thread of summer and winter apartments. Five iwan, one for the khan and the other four for each of his women… The figure made many generations of tourists dream, but it is very classical and does not take into consideration captives that stayed in bulk in the courtyard of the courtyard, nor the occasional rights of cuissage against which the last episode, Asfandiar Khan. The apartments of the Khan and its women all have the same architecture: a high iwan open to the northeast, to avoid the setbacks sun rays of the summer months, and a small adjoining piece expected to keep a tolerable temperature during the winter months. The slaves and family members of the kidnapped women lived in the pieces and the small iwan lining the inner courtyard. The ensemble was decorated by the best craftsmen at the time, the talent of which none of the construction seems to have escaped: neither the grill windows of the winter parts nor the finely carved wooden columns nor the wooden walls of the ceiling painted ceilings. The walls of the iwan, entirely decorated with blue and white majolica, are due to the master craftsman Abdullah Djinn who also carried out the Ark mosque. The resemblance of style is obviously striking, but the proportions are more important here. Once again, the walls of the iwan are painted with cold colours, while the ceilings have warm colours. The majolica patterns of the five iwan are all different. At the bottom of the harem opens a room at the ceiling supported by ten columns of wood; it houses the Craft Museum. To access the public part of the palace where the courtroom, the throne hall and the court are located, the ruelle and the ruelle passe between the harem and the Madrasas Mourad Inak. The door is a little further on the right.

The courtroom and the court. Right by entering the palace, a corridor leads to the courtroom, or ishrat khauli. The black wagon exposed to the bottom of the corridor is a present of Nicolas II to his eastern vassal, the last episode of Uzs, Asfandiar Khan. He suffered from a shameful disease and his doctor, who had to hold his head, would have told him that the only way to treat himself was to eat pucelle… He used to move in the city in this carriage, that the inhabitants had called "black death". The courtroom is a square courtyard nestled in the south of a iwan in a column as admirable as those of the harem, always the work of Abdullah Djinn, the genius of the Décoration Makhmoud mausoleum. Two locations for yurts enabled guests to receive the guests in winter. Passing through a maze of corridors leads to the courtroom, or arz khauli. And for those who did not admire the majoliques of the harem of the harem or the reception room, those of the khauli khauli offer a breathtaking catch-up session. The court had two exits, one for acquitted and one for convicts. The khan sometimes received in a quartile placed on a brick elevation in the middle of the courtyard. At the bottom of the courtyard, a small door leads to dark galleries where exposed doors and columns are displayed in several monuments of Uzs.