Day 2 minaret

today was the the second day of our practise lesson. today we went to the minaret. it was so wanderful monument. our today's guides were the Sevara and Nozima. they speak for us about this monument. l liked this building's history it was interesting. today's too l learn more thing from them. The minaret,designed by Bako,was built on an earlier existing structure called Kalyan by the Qarakhnaid ruler Mohammed Arslan Khan in 1127 to summon Muslims to prayer five times a day.An earlier tower was collapsed before starting this structure which was called Kalyan. meaning welfare,indicating a Budhist or zoroasterian past. it is made in the form of a circular-pillar baked brick tower, narrowing upwards. it is 45.6 metres high 48 metres of a 9 metres diametr at the bottom and 6 metres overhead. There is a brick spiral staircase that twists up inside around the pillar to the rotunda. the tower base has narrow ornamental strings balted across it made of bricks which are placed in both staright or diagonal fashion. the fieze is covered with a blue glaze with inscriptions. in times of war, warriors used the minaret as a watchtower to look out for enemies.