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ASTANA-BABA MAUSOLEUM

The mausoleum is a part of the memorial complex consisting of a mosque and a tomb. As a matter of fact they are several buildings constructed it various periods. T hey stay so closely to each other that it is difficult to imagine the original shape of the structure.

The mausoleum of Astana - baba is a 11th - 12th-century monument of architecture. It is the place of "zyuarat" - a regular ritual of worshipping of holy men observed by visiting pilgrims. No one knows for sure w ho Astana- baba was . But the place where the mausoleum stands is considered sacred and healing. Thousand of sick people gather t here annually to receive long-awaited healing . The number of pilgrims grows with each day.

The same happened to another one and so did to the third. The father was desp erate but soon afterwards he saw an old man in his dream. The old man advised him to erect the mausoleum from clay and the water brought from Mecca . The inconsolable father did as he had been told. The earth was mixed with the clay brought from Mecca a nd the water from Mecca was poured in to a well and was used for construction. Soon the mausoleum was completed and after the death of the ruler his body was buried next to his daughter " .

The w ater in the well from the water was taken for the construction of the mausoleum of Zeid-Ali and Zuveid-Ali is considered holy .

 
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