Two-ton ritual cauldron,mausoleum built in 1399,Turkistan,Kazakhstan,Uzbek,c1865

Title: Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Turkestan. Kotel (sakaia) pozhertvovannyi Emirom Timurom Kuraganom grobnitsie sviatago Sultana Akhmeda Iassaviia
Title Translation: Syr Darya oblast. City of Turkestan. Cauldron (sakaia [Ar.], ritual water tank) donated by Emir Timur Kuragan for the tomb of Saint Sultan Akhmed Yassavi
Date Created/Published: [between 1865 and 1872]
Summary: Photograph shows two-ton ritual cauldron composed of seven metals to symbolize hospitality and unity in mausoleum built in 1399 in Turkistan, Kazakhstan, by order of Uzbek national hero Emir Timur Kuragan for religious leader and poet Akhmed Yassavi.
Notes:
Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' arkheologicheskaia ..., 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 1, pl. 4.
Title from item.
Subjects:
I?A?savi, Akhmed,--d. 1166--Commemoration.
Religious articles--1860-1880.
Cauldrons--1860-1880.
Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Kazakhstan--Turkistan--1860-1880.
Albumen prints--1860-1880.
Related Digital Items:
album in which print is mounted
Bookmark /2007676458/
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