Próximos à cidadela de Ghazni, dois minaretes sinalizavam a antiga mesquita, entretanto desaparecida.
Uma pintura de 1839, de James Atkinson, representado os dois minaretes mandados erigir por Bahram Shah no início do século XII.
Uma ilustração de Charles Thompson Mathews, em1896.
Uma fotografia de 1939-1940 por Annemarie Schwarzenbach.
Fotografias de 2010 e de 2011 que retratam o minarete nos nossos dias, solitário, tendo perdido a altura inicial, mantém a imponência no território, comandando-o como um farol de luz.
Na sua indefinição encontramos algumas possiveis explicações:
"The minarets erected by Ghaznavid Sultan Mas'ud III (reign: 1099-1115) and his son and successor Bahram Shah (reign: 1117-1157) stand 600 meters apart on a plain to east of their capital Ghazni, near the Palace of Mas'ud III (b. 1114)." The easternmost minaret was built by the Mas'ud III; the other was raised by Bahram Shah, whose reign ended with the sacking of Ghazni by Alauddin of Ghor. According to Archnet: "Both minarets — which served as models for the spectacular tower of Jam which in turn inspired the Qutob Minar at Delhi — once rose to a height over forty-four meters; their cylindrical upper halves have collapsed, leaving their lower stelliform shafts." Now only a fraction of their original height (only the first story is still standing), the minarets are capped with modern tin roofs.
According to Nancy Dupree, "the intricate decoration of minarets is in raised brick, without color, and includes epigraphic friezes in square Kufic and Naskh script in addition to panels with floral and geometric designs. Mounds of ruins at the foot of both minarets indicate that they were once a part of two large buildings. Evidence from these mounds supports the theory that these buildings were mosques." [Dupree, N., An Historical Guide to Afghanistan, Kabul, 1977, p. 182]
The lack of archaeological studies has left their function uncertain; they may have been built as victory towers, or as minarets accompanying mud-brick mosques." *
Todas as imagens foram retiradas da Internet.
Fontes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazni_Minarets#/media/File:The_story_of_architecture-_an_outline_of_the_styles_in_all_countries_(1896)_(14766244092).jpg
*https://web.archive.org/web/20160402173629/http://www.cemml.colostate.edu/cultural/09476/afgh05-072.html
"The minarets erected by Ghaznavid Sultan Mas'ud III (reign: 1099-1115) and his son and successor Bahram Shah (reign: 1117-1157) stand 600 meters apart on a plain to east of their capital Ghazni, near the Palace of Mas'ud III (b. 1114)." The easternmost minaret was built by the Mas'ud III; the other was raised by Bahram Shah, whose reign ended with the sacking of Ghazni by Alauddin of Ghor. According to Archnet: "Both minarets — which served as models for the spectacular tower of Jam which in turn inspired the Qutob Minar at Delhi — once rose to a height over forty-four meters; their cylindrical upper halves have collapsed, leaving their lower stelliform shafts." Now only a fraction of their original height (only the first story is still standing), the minarets are capped with modern tin roofs.
According to Nancy Dupree, "the intricate decoration of minarets is in raised brick, without color, and includes epigraphic friezes in square Kufic and Naskh script in addition to panels with floral and geometric designs. Mounds of ruins at the foot of both minarets indicate that they were once a part of two large buildings. Evidence from these mounds supports the theory that these buildings were mosques." [Dupree, N., An Historical Guide to Afghanistan, Kabul, 1977, p. 182]
The lack of archaeological studies has left their function uncertain; they may have been built as victory towers, or as minarets accompanying mud-brick mosques." *
Todas as imagens foram retiradas da Internet.
Fontes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazni_Minarets#/media/File:The_story_of_architecture-_an_outline_of_the_styles_in_all_countries_(1896)_(14766244092).jpg
*https://web.archive.org/web/20160402173629/http://www.cemml.colostate.edu/cultural/09476/afgh05-072.html
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