Karahan Mausoleum

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Discovering Kazakhstan №3 (07.04.2017) - Kazakh TV

Today in the program:

Ancient Taraz fortress;
The biggest hamam in Kazakhstan;
Legend about Karahan and Aisha-Bibi.

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Legends of the Great Steppe - Aisha Bibi and Hoja Ahmed Yasawi. Russian language

Aisha Bibi symbolizes enduring love. Details of her life and death are scant and what little is known is largely conjecture. The legend says she was young, beautiful and suffered a tragically premature death. No one knows whether it was a heartbroken lover or grieving father who built the mausoleum. It is clear though that, like India’s Taj Mahal, it is a lasting tribute to one who was greatly loved.

Conversely, a great deal is known about Hoja Ahmed Yasawi (1093 – 1166), widely credited with bringing Islam to Kazakhstan. He founded a Sufi order that still exists to this day. A great poet and teacher, he preached kindness, tolerance and meditative reflection. Some say that three visits to Yasawi’s mausoleum equate to a pilgrimage to Mecca. Even though much of his writing survives and is widely studied, others legends about him have added to the region’s rich tapestry of folklore.

Both characters; Islamic scholar and youthful beauty, have provoked a host of legends. People travel great distances to pray at their shrines. These are the stories that Kazakh children grow up hearing and which a panel of experts discuss and explain in “Legends”.

excursions in almaty

This part of the way is a unique complex of historical, archaeological and architectural monuments, including the experience in designing and construction of Towns, Such towns as Otrar, Sairam, Sygnak Sauran, Suzak, Turkestan were not only the centers of trade, but also the scientific and cultural centers.
The Mausoleum of «Khoja Akhrnet Yassawi» is a masterpiece of architecture that dates back to the end of the XIV and XV century and was constructed by the order of the Great Tamerlane. Mausoleums «Aisha-Bibi» and «Babaji Khatun» (X-XII centuries), Mausoleums
«Karahan» and «Daudbek» in Taraz, mosques and many other sacred sites allow the travelers to feel the atmosphere of the past centuries.
In the South Kazakhstan there is the world-famous Baikonur space-launch complex. And probably, in near future, the Kazakhstanis and foreigners will be able to come closer to the outer space and feel its fantastic breathe. It is planned to create a fantastic recreation center with modern hotels and industry objects, a mini-center, simulating the flight control in space, a planetarium, a museum of the space exploration history, shops, supermarkets, restaurants, and youth space cafes.

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