## MADRASAH MIR ARAB

Known among the people as Mir Arab (Arabic Emir) Sayyid Abdullah Yamani was born in Yemen. In 22 years, abandoning the throne, he moved to Samarkand. Becoming a disciple, who has great merits in the development of the Naqshbandiya Khoja Achor Vali, has attained the degree of the leader of the head of the current. Advanced in science and education, comprehensively developed, this person after the death of his teacher met Emir of Bukhara Ubaidullahon. In a short time I earned respect and gratitude among the Bukhara ulamos (scientists), became their ally and mentor.

On his initiative in 1530 (936 on hijri) on the donated money of Ubaidullohon from the eastern side of the Kalyan Mosque the construction of madrasah began. Unfortunately, Mir Arab died before the construction was finished, under the will, his son-in-law Sheikh Zakariyu completed his work in 1536 (942 Hijri).

Madrasah Mir Arab along with Kalyan Minaret and the Kalyan Mosque make up a beautiful architectural ensemble.

This educational institution differs from other madrasahs with two blue domes. The entrance to the institution is on the west side. Under the right dome is a mosque, under the left is the burial vault. There is the grave of Mir Arab and his relatives in the tomb which is wooden and made in the style of hotamkory, the crypt of the ruler of Ubaidullahon.

The interior of the madrasah is also wonderfully designed. Four huge arches dividing hujras (rooms) between patterns, decorated with ornaments in the form of stars. Handwritten and stone printed books are stored in the madrasah library and today are considered our cultural and spiritual heritage.

The two-story building, consists of 114 rooms, according to the number of surahs in the Quran. Madrasah is well known and significant throughout the Muslim world, not only as an architectural heritage, but also as an educational center that makes a worthy contribution to the development of Islamic religion and culture.

This educational institution for its nearly five hundred years of activity occupies an important place in the training of qualified religious personnel in the lives of Muslims from neighboring countries of Central Asia, Afghanistan, Iran, Russia, the Caucasus and Azerbaijan.

In the era of the former Soviet Union, the operation of the madrasah was suspended and in 1945 the school was reopened. This educational institution has finished a lot of famous ulamo (scientists), who made a great contribution to the development of Islam. Among them: Ravil Gainutdin from Russia, Tolgat Tojuddin from Bashkiria, Ahmad Kodirov from Chechnya, Oloshukur Pashhazade from Azerbaijan, Kimsanboy Abdurahmanov from Kyrgyzstan, and Nasrullohon Ibodullayev from Turkmenistan. Also known scientists - contemporaries Abdulgani Abdullayev, Mukhtorgon Abdullayev, Yusufhon Shokirov, Muhammad Sodik Muhammad Yusuf, Fozil Kory Sobirov, Rakhmatulla Kory Obidov, Abdurashid kory Bahromov, Usmonhon Alimov, Abdulfafur Razzokov and a number of eminent imam Khatibs of our republic were honorable graduates of madrassas.

The madrasah is administered by the Muslim Office of Uzbekistan, all education is conducted under the guidance of the Education Department of the Committee for Religious Affairs.

Training is 4 years. Religious and general educational subjects are studied. In the educational institution there are 27 teachers with higher education. The number of students is about 120 students. In the madrasah all conditions for education and living are provided.

Students can use the office system and the offices of computer science, and also a rich library, in which there are very ancient manuscripts and modern educational books.

Students from distant regions and cities are provided with two meals a day. They are provided with free accommodation.

Graduates of the madrasah receive a specialty of Imam-Khatib, an Islamist, and an Arabic teacher with a secondary special education. After graduation, the graduates are distributed as an imam-khatib in various cathedral mosques of the republic. Graduates who wants to get higher education can continue their studies, according to the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan (from 2003 on August 22).