Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi (since 2003)

The mausoleum of Khoja Akhmet Yassawi is located in Turkestan city, South Kazakhstan region. It was built during the reign of the famous Tamerlane (Timur) at the turn of the XIV and XV centuries.
During the construction of the structure of this unfinished building, the architects used a number of innovative solutions that were also used in the construction of the capital of the Timurid Empire, Samarkand city. Today, the mausoleum of Khoja Akhmet Yassawi is a vivid example of Central Asian architecture of this era.

This grandiose structure was erected in honor of the famous poet and preacher of Sufism in the East, Khoja Ahmet Yassawi, who lived in the XII century. The word “Yassawi” means “from Yassa”. This is the name that Turkestan city bore in ancient times. The city was reputed to be the spiritual and political center of the Turkic-speaking peoples of the vast Desht-i-Kipchaks region and served as the capital of the Kazakh khans for more than two centuries.

In addition to the mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi himself, the complex includes a medieval bathhouse, an underground mosque, the mausoleum of Timur’s granddaughter, Rabia Sultan Begim, and other monuments.