Backside view with ribbed dome and Persian glazed tiles, mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, Turkestan, Kazakhstan

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Turkestan is famous for some Timurid era mausoleums such as that for Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, the famous Turkic poet and Sufi mystic (1093–1166). The structure was commissioned in 1389 by Timur, who ruled the area as part of the expansive Timurid Empire to replace a smaller 12th-century mausoleum.

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Size: 3333px × 5000px
Location: Kurdestan, Kazakhstan
Photo credit: © Terry Allen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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