{"id":52957,"date":"2025-10-06T18:36:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T18:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=52957"},"modified":"2025-10-06T18:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T18:57:08","slug":"echoes-across-time-the-shared-archaeological-language-poetic-legacies-of-uzbekistan-and-pakistan-by-dr-hayam-qayyoum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/echoes-across-time-the-shared-archaeological-language-poetic-legacies-of-uzbekistan-and-pakistan-by-dr-hayam-qayyoum\/","title":{"rendered":"“Echoes Across Time: The Shared Archaeological, Language, Poetic Legacies of Uzbekistan and Pakistan” – by Dr Hayam Qayyoum"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Dr. Hayam Qayyoum<\/strong>
\nSnr. Assistant Professor Department of Media Studies Bahria University Islamabad.<\/em>
\ndrhqpk@gmail.com<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"Central Asia and South Asia reveal enduring ties and share deep affinities in language, architecture, and literature. Both regions have gone through several natural calamities, war destruction, and geographical strain, but still preserved and carried their literature and archeological assets to the next generation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Uzbekistan, comprising the scenic Fergana Valley, the heart, the Aral Sea basin, vitalized with Amu Darya and Syr Darya, holding the grandeur snow-crowned mountains of Tian Shan and Pamir-Alay, the red sand and golden silence of the 11th largest desert in the world, Kyzylkum, and land stretches into boundless steppe plains, is only 1,200 to 1,300 km away from Pakistan. Uzbekistan and Pakistan enjoy cordial diplomatic relations and are strengthened by their similar history, architecture, heritage, language, and culture.<\/p>\n

The 6th century BCE ruins of the Gandharan era, and the Buddhist stupas were influenced by Hellenistic sculpture, witnessing the civilizations’ similarities between Pakistan and Uzbekistan. The architectural similarities between Uzbekistan and Pakistan have a strong Persianate influence, followed by the Timurid and then the South Asian architectural styles. The historical sites of Uzbekistan and Pakistan share the same architectural features, including domes, tilework, and calligraphy.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the presence of Gandharan Buddhist and Gandharan stone sculpture in Pakistan, and Sogdian\/Turkic and Timurid traditions in Uzbekistan, is evidence of the same influence. In Uzbekistan, on the southern edge of the Afrosiab mausoleum (Gur-e-Amir)\/Shah-i-Zinda, a series of mosques, mausolea, and Madrassahs from the 11th century to the 19th century, covered with mosaic and glazed tile, resembling the Shah Rukn-e-Alam shrine of Multan, have rich exteriors and onion-shaped domes.<\/p>\n

\"\"In the 12th to 14th centuries, the Tughluq and local dynasties, the sultanate of Delhi of the Indo-Islamic era, created a blend of Persian and Arabic architectural forms, styles, and design to build masterpieces like the tombs of Shah Rukh-e-Alam. Simultaneously, Uzbekistan was under the Khwarazmians, later the Timurids, who renovated Samarkand and Bukhara by adding Islamic culture and design to the architecture, language, and poetry.<\/p>\n

In the 16th century, Central Asia architecture was heavily influenced by the Timurid mosaic tile work. The glazed, cobalt blue, turquoise domes, iwans filled with Kashi Kari (polychrome mosaic), of Bibi Khanum Mosque, Timur built in memory of his wife, close to the northern gate of the city in 1399\u20131405.<\/p>\n

In the Mughal era (16th to 17th centuries) in South Asia, Indian stonework emerged, like Kashi tiles, red sandstones, and marble work can be seen in Wazir Khan and in the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore.<\/p>\n

The geometric vegetal motif work shows the Persianate origin. Pishtaq and muqarnas are widely used in all buildings. Caravanserais and the caravan-city are yet another layout and trade route links like the Silk Road to the Indus world, witnessing the Timurid architecture in Central Asia (Samarkand, Bukhara) and South Asia (Pakistan).<\/p>\n

The other dominant material used is bricks and glazed tile usage in Uzbekistan architecture, resembling Pakistan\u2019s architecture of decorative material blues\/turquoises, calligraphy, Fresco, and inlay marble and Kashi tiles.<\/p>\n

Exploring the similarities in language starts from the 7th to 13th centuries, when the languages of Uzbekistan and Pakistan were influenced by the Persian empire. During the Timurid and Mughal era, 14th to 18th century, Chagatai Turkic emerged and later developed into the modern Uzbek language. In the subcontinent, Persian remained dominant, but Urdu was gradually introduced and later became prominent.<\/p>\n

Pakistan Central Asia Connectivity Need of the Hour – Timely Completion of Projects Stressed in International Conference with Turkmen, Tajik, Uzbek & Azerbaijan Envoys<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n