In the period of
Karahanli States, there were various glorious palaces, mosques, Muslim theological
schools, bridges, and caravan inns built in the region in respect of the public
improvements. The mosques had firstly been made of sun-dried bricks and then, sun-dried
bricks and bricks. Finally, they were made of only bricks. Great activities related with
the public works had been started in Bokhara in the period of II Mohammed b. Suleyman
(1102-1130).
Today, only the
minarets of the mosques built in this period have survived. As a matter of fact, the
greatest innovation that the Karahanli people presented in the field of architecture was
these memorial minarets. Similarly, there were some developments in the architecture of
mausoleums. Apart from the decoration motives, the doors that had been made with memorial
dimensions are of great significance as a magnificent work of art. The caravan inns that
were built in the period of Karahanli States had effected the following periods
significantly.
Karahanli States had
struggled against the Buddhist Uighurs and the other Non-Muslim elements in order to
preserve and diffuse the religion of Islam. Furthermore, they had adopted the elements of
Islam to their traditions and they were the representatives of a Turkish-Islam culture and
civilisation.
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