Wednesday, December 5, 2012

*TURKMENISTAN*_* 051212

 

 
 
Region: Central Asia
 Coast Line: Landlocked country
Area: 491,210 km2
 Capital: Ashgabat
 
 
Mausoleum of Selijuk Sultan Sanjar (1086-1157)
 
 
12th Century Mausoleum of Selijuk Sultan Sanjar
 
 
The dome of the Mausoleum of Sultan Sanjar
 
 
60m high Kutlug Timur Minaret
 
 
Kufic script on the Gutlug Timur Minaret
 
 
Kohne Urgench building was built in the years 1321-33- Nadschmeddin Kubra
 
 
Kohne Urgench-grave mosque of Sufi dynasty
 
 
Sultan Tekesh Mausoleum
 
 
l Arslan Mausoleum (r. 1156-1172) was the father of Sultan Tekesh.
 
 
The mausoleum was built in the 14th C. by Kutlug Timur for his wife, Turabeg Khanum
 
 
Mausoleum of Sayit Ahmet, a 19th C. structure built for a holy man who died around 1308
 
 
Sultan Ali Mausoleum, 16th C, Konye-Urgench
 
 
Mausoleum of Muhammed ibn Zayed.
 
 
Kyz Kala (or Gyzgala) is Turkmen for maiden's fortress
 
 
II-Arslan Mausoleum, Konye Urgench
 
 
Nejameddin Kubra was killed by the Mongols in 1221. His mausoleum was constructed in the 14th C.
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