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Saint tomb in Turkestan.

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Saint tomb anonymous is dated the XVIth century is located in the territory of the Turkestan necropolis, in 45 meters to the southwest from Ahmed Yasavi khanaka. The mausoleum destroyed. The land part of the mausoleum is almost completely lost, but the crypt remained in satisfactory condition.
Four lancet arches a low dome of a crypt. Walls of a land part also leaned on the same arches. The entrance to a crypt is made from the southeast party by means of the low aperture blocked by a lancet arch. Conducting in a crypt, it is not found.
The interior of a crypt is not plastered. A floor is clay. On a floor in wooden boxes - 7 adults and one children's are recorded. Existence of several burials in this capital indicates that it was, apparently, the patrimonial tomb of the local feudal nobility.
To the South from the anonymous mausoleum ruins of one more small mausoleum are recorded. The Saint tomb is an interesting architectural monument, a valuable object of the Turkestan necropolis.

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Authority:
Arch of historical and cultural monuments of Kazakhstan. Southern Kazakhstan area. Volume 1. Alma-Ata. Main editorial office "Kazakh of an Entsiklopediyasa", 1994. Author of article E.G. Malinovskaya.

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Alexander Petrov.