Meshitsu Kazankap Mosque in Mangistau.

“There are many graves of saints, revered by the Kyrgyz and Turkmen, scattered throughout Mangyshlak. On each grave of a saint, “long poles are stuck, to which those who come to worship tie pieces of rags, etc., as a sacrifice. Hunters consider it their duty to place the heads of the argali (stone rams) they have killed on the graves of saints, and the heads of camels and horses that have served their owners well and for a long time are also placed there. Over some of the graves, strong ones made of local hewn stone have been built, with domes and inscriptions from the Koran; some have small mosques, where all the nomads nearby gather at a certain time to pray.”

"Collection of information about the Caucasian mountaineers". Legends of the Adaevites about the saints of the Hanafi sect, who lived and died in Mangyshlak." The proposed stories are written from the words of Kafar Karadzhigitov, Bik-Bulat Yesekenov and Mullah Khodja-Berdy. Issue VII. Tiflis. 1873.

Trip to Meshitsu Kazankap Mosque in Mangistau Region.

Underground mosque Meshitsu (Kazankap) is located at an altitude of 119.2 meters above sea level, is located near well of same name, in central part of Ustyurt plateau, 116.2 kilometers east of village of Sai-Utes, 110 kilometers south and a little east of village of Beineu, 65.3 kilometers southeast of village of Tolep (Ustyurt) in Mangistau district of region of same name.
The mosque is located on a low hill, in the southern sector of a small necropolis of the same name. In the necropolis, in the vicinity of the mosque, there are burials of the stone fence type, composite kulpytas with koytas. The necropolis is dated to the end of the XIXth - beginning of the XXth centuries.
The mosque is carved out of chalk rock. It consists of two chambers, round in plan. The ceiling of the first chamber, a corridor, is destroyed and the interior is filled in. The second chamber is also filled in, a skylight is cut out on the ceiling. Inside, on the walls, in places, traces of tools have been preserved. The monument has not been studied either archaeologically or ethnographically. We only know the name of the monument.
Geographic coordinates of Meshitsu underground mosque (Kazankap): N44°20'13 E54°59'08

Authority and photos:
Otynshy Koshbayuly, Murat Kalmenov. "Underground mosques of Mangistau". Olketanymdyk bassylym. Almaty, Publishing house "Orkhon". 2009. 160 p.