In the Turkistan region,
scientists are studying one of the wonders of the world - the swinging minarets
of the medieval Sauran madrasah, which made the ancient city well known in the
East. Only the structures’ foundation of 40 brick layers down to a six meters depth
has been preserved, which cannot be observed in any other architectural construction.
Scientists claim that the minarets were built in the 16th century at the
entrance to the madrasah but were ruined over time. There are data that these
towers were erected by local architects using burnt bricks, which is also mentioned
in the works of medieval scholars, for example, the Tajik poet Zainiddin Mahmud
Vasifi. However, the ancient technology of building minarets has not yet been revealed.
“There was a chain attached
between two minarets. If logs arranged under the dome of each minaret were set
in motion, the chain would sway, rocking the towers themselves. This created a
pendulum effect,” said Marat Tuyakbayev, an archaeologist, PhD Candidate in History.
