Day 2. Maghok-i Attari Mosque

Day2. Magoki Attor mosque 

The Magok-i-Attari Mosque is situated in a 4-metre deep pit right behind the Nadir Divanbegi Khanagha that flanks Lyabi Hauz.  Like descending down the geologic record of a canyon face, examining this building reveals the cultural layers Bukhara accrued over the past 2000 years: a mishmash mosque on top of a Buddhist temple, on top of a Zoroastrian one, in turn covering the tracks of a pagan shrine


From Mokh to Magok: a pagan cult survives Islam


From Don Croner, with redaction: We first learn about this temple in Narshakhi’s The History of Bukhara, written in the 940’s. He speaks first of the market that existed on the site of the temple or grew up around a temple already located on the site. Twice a year, we are told, a fair was held in this market at which idols dedicated to a moon God named Makh or Mokh were sold. In just one day of the fair 50,000 dirhams, an enormous amount of money at the time, were spent on these idols.

Sin, the Babylonian moon God

Some sources claim Mokh was a Moon God originally worshipped in ancient Assyria and Babylonia.

This god was known as Sin (or Suen) in the Akkadian language and Nanna in the Sumerian language. The chief centers of the cult were the Sumerian city of Ur in southern Mesopotamia, which dates to a least 5800 years ago, and Harran in northern Mesopotamia.




The second day of practice was amazing which we somehow reveal the history of our nation. Today's our presenters were Nozima and Sevara. They tried to do their best during the oir historical small trip. 


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