The Republican National State Enterprise National Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve «Aziret Sultan» under the Committee of Culture of the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan is one of the most significant museums in Kazakhstan. The museum-reserve was founded on March 28, 1977, by Decree No. 144-R of the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR as the «Republican Architectural Complex Museum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi», centered around the mausoleum built in the late 14th century by order of Emir Timur in honor of the great Turkic-Islamic poet and Sufi master Khoja Ahmed Yasawi (Aziret Sultan).
Medieval khanaks are a place that occupies an important place in Islamic culture, mainly for believers and pilgrims. The Khanaka was usually located next to a madrasah or mosque and served in several directions. Religious…
The fortress wall of the Citadel is located in the northeastern part of the settlement of Old Turkestan. From the northeast, it adjoined the city walls and formed a pentahedron with the following sides: north…
The Mussalla Gate, part of the Azret Sultan National Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve, is one of the architectural structures that served in the 19th century. It is located 150 meters in front of the mausoleum…
Darbaza Gate is one of the four historical gates of Turkestan, located 400 meters northwest of the mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi. These gates were recreated on the basis of a lithographic drawing published in…
Turkestan is an ancient city located along the Great Silk Road, which became the political and spiritual capital of the Kazakh Khanate. This strategically important city consisted of three main parts typical of medieval cities:…
The Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi is a complex building that combines a mausoleum, a mosque, a khanaka and a madrasa in one place. The architects were able to skillfully combine freestanding buildings in religious…
It is located on the territory of the old settlement of Turkestan. A monument of local importance. In 1994, it was included in the collection «Collection of historical and Cultural monuments of Kazakhstan» in the…
The city of Turkistan is one of the most ancient Kazakh cities. Its name is associated with a number of significant political events in the history of medieval Kazakhstan and Central Asia, which were recorded…
Address: Turkistan city, Aiteke bi 1B
Tel./fax: 8 (72533) 3-23-00, E-mail: azret-sultan@mail.ru
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