Organized by the “Azret Sultan” National Museum-Reserve, a traveling exhibition titled “The History of Turkestan City” and a lecture on “Medieval Heritage Preserved in the Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi Since the Era of Amir Timur” were held at the M. Abenova General Education School in Turkestan.
•Initially, museum staff arranged the exhibits of the traveling exhibition in the school’s assembly hall. After that, 8th-10th grade students of the school took their seats in the hall. Junior research associate T. Orazov introduced students to the exhibits related to the history of Turkestan city, displayed in the traveling exhibition. The exhibition included ethnographic items, printed books preserved in the museum’s collection, and photographs of Turkestan city views featured in A. Kun’s “Turkestan Album” (1871–1872). Among the items presented were images of the Khoja Ahmed Yasawi Mausoleum, the historical monuments surrounding it, the taikazan (cauldron), lauha (inscription panels), lamps, doors, and other heritage objects.
•The museum’s guide, K. Nurakhmetova, delivered a lecture titled “Taikazan”, where she explained the history of the cauldron’s creation, the meaning and significance of the Arabic inscriptions on it, its transportation to Saint Petersburg in 1935, and its return to its historical homeland in 1989.
•The lesson continued with a lecture prepared by the museum’s junior research associate, S. Baiseyit, on the topic of “Chandeliers and Doors Donated by Amir Timur to the Mausoleum.” The lecture provided students and teachers with information about the gate doors, tomb chamber doors, and the meaning and significance of the inscriptions on them, as well as the name of the craftsman. Additionally, details were shared about the history of medieval bronze chandeliers, the name of their craftsman, the meaning of the Arabic inscriptions, and the fate of heritage objects that ended up abroad.
Lectures were conducted by Sultan Baiseyit and Talgat Orazov, junior research associates of the “Azret Sultan” National Museum-Reserve.