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Kazanshi Mausoleum in Sozak.

Tour of mausoleums in Sozak.

"Local elders say that on one of the streets of the old city, there were two mazars, built right up against the city wall. Two blue cups glinted in the sun's rays above them. The locals called them the "Khan Mazars." Why? They don't know. Gradually, the collapsing walls covered these mazars, and they were forgotten. Today, rumor has it that the Kazakh khans Abulkhayr, Zhanibek, Kerey, and Khaknazar Khan are buried here in Sozak. But there's no mention of this in historical chronicles."

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Architectural landmarks in village of Sozak.

Kazanshi Mausoleum (Kazan: Қазаншы кесенесі) is an architectural monument of the XVIIIth-XIXth centuries, located at an altitude of 320 m. a. s. l., 780 meters north of the Sozak settlement, in the central part of the village of Sozak in the district of the same name in the Turkestan Region.

The Kazanshi Mausoleum is listed as a historical and cultural monument of local significance in the Turkestan Region.

Architecture of Kazanshi Mausoleum in Sozak.

It is a central-domed mausoleum, characterized by a high, conical dome set on a rectangular structure. The central portion of the dome has round openings for light. The entrance is on the south side. The transition from the rectangular structure to the dome is through trussed trumpet walls.
A adobe tombstone stands in the center of the mausoleum. The mausoleum is built of mud bricks measuring 34 x 16 x 10 cm, coated with clay on the outside. A mud brick fence, a sagana, was added later to the western side. A mud brick tombstone stands in the center of the mausoleum.

Geographic coordinates of Kazanshi Mausoleum are: N44°08'38 E68°28'03

Kazanshi Mausoleum. General view. Photograph from the early 1980s, from the book "Collection of Historical and Cultural Monuments of Kazakhstan. Chimkent Region." 1994.Kazanshi Mausoleum. Plan. From the book "Collection of Historical and Cultural Monuments of Kazakhstan. Chimkent Region." 1994.

References: 
Gerasimov, G.G., "Architectural Monuments of Karatau." "Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR." Architectural Series, 1950, No. 80, pp. 78-79.
A.Kh. Margulan, "From the History of Cities and Construction Art of Kazakhstan." Alma-Ata, 1950, pp. 51-53; Ageeva E.I., Pacevich G.I. “From the history of settled settlements and cities of Southern Kazakhstan.” Proceedings of the Institute of Atomic Energy of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR. Alma-Ata, 1958, T. 5, p. 111;
Erzakovich L. B. “About the late medieval settlement of Suzak.” "Izvestia of the Academy of Sciences of the KazSSR". Social Science Series, 1966, V. 3. p. 81-91;
Baipakov K. M., Erzakovich L. B. “Ancient cities of Kazakhstan.” Alma-Ata., 1971, p. 175-186.

Authority and photos by:
G. M. Kamalova. “Code of historical and cultural monuments of Kazakhstan. Shymkent region." Alma-Ata. 1994.