Sacred places of Zhambyl region.

“We cannot have a world where everyone is a victim. "I'm this way because my father made me this way. I'm this way because my husband made me this way." Yes, we are indeed formed by traumas that happen to us. But then you must take charge, you must take over, you are responsible” 

 Camille Paglia.

Sufi places in the Zhambyl region.

Saudakent, Sugulkhan, Sulkhan, a medieval settlement located on the southeastern outskirts of the village of Baikadam in the Zhambul region. It is IX – XV centuries. Located on the caravan route, was a significant trade and craft center.
Saudakent is a mound measuring 160 x 230 meters, 6 meters high. The upper platform is surrounded by an earthen rampart about 2 meters high with the remains of 11 towers. The ruins of a citadel 2 meters high have been preserved.
Rabad is adjacent to the city ridge, surrounded by an earthen rampart. It was investigated in 1947 by the South Kazakhstan Archaeological Expedition under the leadership. A.N. Bernshtam, Fragments of vessels, fragments of clay vessels were found.

Authority:
« Religious and spiritual monuments of the Central Asia ». The author of M. Khahsimov. Publishing house, Saga, 2001. Samarkand. «Masterpieces of the Central Asia», Tashkent, Publishing house Sanat, 2004. www.farsah.kz. «Ancient Kazakhstan» Arias, Saki, Hun, Turkis. The children's encyclopedia of Kazakhstan. Almaty, 2007, publishing house Aruna. Medoev A.G., «Engravings on rocks.Sary-Arka, Mangyshlak», Almaty, Zhalyn, 1979. Marikovskij P.I. «Figures on rocks of Southern and Central areas of Kazakhstan», Almaty, Tuganolke, 2004. The guidebook across Kazakhstan. Authors Dagmar Schreiber and Jeremy Tredinnick.  Publishing house "Odyssey".2010. 

Photos
Alexander Petrov.