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KHAN CEREMONY HELD IN TURKESTAN

On the eve of the International Museum Day, organized by the State Historical and Cultural Reserve-Museum “Azret Sultan”, a khan erection ceremony was held in the mausoleum of Khoja Akhmed Yassawi. The actors from Turkestan…

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THE SUSPENDED MEDIEVAL LAMP IN THE YASAVI MAUSOLEUM IS INSTALLED IN ITS HISTORICAL PLACE

On May 18, the International Museum Day, a medieval lamp was installed in front of the tomb of Khoja Ahmet Yasawi. — «Work is underway to restore the historical function of each room of the…

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Khoja Ahmet Yasawi

The mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, erected over the grave, was the founder of the largest Turkic sanctuary, religious distributor, Sufi association. His work “Diwani Hikmet” is widespread in the Turkic world. It covers Islamic…

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Architecture and structure of the mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi

The Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi is the largest complex in which architects could combine a mausoleum, mosque, and khanaka madrasah into one building, where, as a rule, individually in religious complexes. It consists of…

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Hall Kazandyk and Taykazan

The Central hall — kazandyk, which is a huge square room with sides of 18.5 m. In the center of the room is a huge boiler — a masterpiece of medieval bronze art, the work…

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Lamps

Bronze lamps donated by the great commander Amir Timur, which has been stored from the XIV century in the mausoleum of Ahmed Yasawi, They were installed as a stand for lighting the mausoleum. Lamps were…

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The Tomb Of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi

The tomb of Khoja Ahmad Yasawi — Gur Khan, also square in plan with sides of 7.15 m, carries the same shallow niches decorated with openwork stalactites along the centers of the sides, as in…

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Mosque

In the northwestern compartment of the building there is a cruciform in plan — a mosque. It is covered by a double dome. For the formation of the square base of the dome, here for…

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Askhana

Halim khana (askhana), which served as the kitchen for preparing the ritual dish “Halim”, according to V.A. Gordlevsky — «ataala-koje.» The room is a large stove with two boilers. Until now, there are kept old…

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Large Aksaray

In the North-Eastern section of the building there is a Large Aksaray and a Small Aksaray lying opposite. The name of the premises is not related to their color («AK-Saray» means literally «white chamber Palace»),…