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Mausoleum of Kokkumbet.
Prestigious tours in Mangystau.
"It is inconceivable that the prayer of many would not be heard... What one is denied is not denied to many people"
Ambrose of Mediolansky.
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Kokkumbet mausoleum is located on Kokymbet necropolis on Buzachi peninsula, 4, 3 kilometers east of edge of Kyzylkum desert, 6.5 kilometers east and slightly north of Tashchykudyk village and 9.1 kilometers south-west of Shebir village in Mangistau district of region of same name
The mausoleum of Kokkumbet, called by the local population "Karatam", i.e. "Strong", "built of solid stones", "powerful mausoleum". The main name of the building means "blue dome", since in the Oghuz languages "kumbet" is a dome and is associated with its architecture.
The surviving skeleton and many details testify to the majestic, elite structure. The main volumes of this, perhaps the largest mausoleum in the Eastern Caspian region, are laid out of cyclopean stone blocks and slabs up to 1 meter long, on a clay solution.
A full-scale examination - finds in the rubble of the interior of baked bricks of the medieval format: 19 x 20, 22 - 24 x 22 - 25 cm with a thickness of 5 - 8 cm - indicates that they overlapped the dome, where bricks with blue glaze were used.
The architecture of the monumental monument undoubtedly testifies to the special status, veneration of the deceased - a major representative of the steppe elite.
The Kokkumbet mausoleum is a unique monument of the XIV century of the Golden Horde period on the territory of Mangyshlak.
Notable for the use of arched structures, ganch stalactites and glazed ceramics
Geographic coordinates of Kokkumbet mausoleum: N44°44'18 E52°02'52
Photos by
Alexander Petrov.