Ruhabad Madrasa in Samarkand

Ruhobod madrasa — Samarkand madrasa. Ruhobod madrasa has 47 rooms and lessons were taught by 1 teacher. Ruhobod madrasa was considered the third large madrasa in Samarkand in 1871. The madrasa employed 1 barber, 1 farrosh, 1 meshkobchi. This institution was managed by a mutavalli. In this madrasa 94 students received education. The area where the madrasa is located is called the Ruhobod quarter. There was also a mosque of the quarter. It was served by mulla Burhon, mulla Mir Sayyid as imam and muezzin. The elder of the quarter was a person named Sayyidxon. 580 tanob of land was endowed to the mosque. Researcher scholar Abdusattor Jumanazar studied a number of endowment documents and sources related to this madrasa and presented information concerning the madrasa. Two students lived in the madrasa premises. Students who missed lessons for 2 months and 10 days without excuse were expelled from study. The Ruhobod complex also has a prayer room and a mausoleum. After 1868 the complex fell into ruin. In June 1920 V. L. Vyatkin conducted archaeological excavations in the Ruhobod area, and the complex was left in a devastated state. In the Soviet years the madrasa premises were initially inhabited by the population, later functioning as a building of a construction organization. In the 1960s the madrasa was demolished. The site of the ancient madrasa was allocated for residential housing. After Uzbekistan gained independence the Ruhobod complex was repaired and restored. The surroundings of the complex were landscaped.

Architecture

Ruhobod madrasa consists of 47 documents. This madrasa was built in the Central Asian architectural style. The madrasa was constructed of fired brick, wood, stone and plaster. The madrasa has not been preserved to the present day.