Karakhan Mausoleum (Auliye-Ata)
It is situated in the central part of the city of Taraz at the intersection of Tole bi Street and Baizak Batyr Street. The mausoleum is a part of religious memorial complex, formed on the territory of medieval Taraz.
As early as in 1902 Karakhan Mausoleum delighted Russian experts in architecture as a genius creation of ancient Taraz. Archeological diggings found out 30 different designs of shaped bricks made with great skill. The mausoleum was built in the 11th century era of Karakhanids. Folk legends inseparably associate the construction of the mausoleum and the person buried here with mausoleums of Aisha bibi and Babadzhi Khatun. Historians associate the buried person with one of the khans of Karakhanid dynasty, who ruled in our region in the 10th -12th centuries. Islam canonized him and as the result the mausoleum was given the second name Auliye-Ata.
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