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Burana-tårnet
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Brad
April 12, 2019
The Chui Valley is actually littered with history and ancient sites. The Burana Tower is perhaps the most famous, but there is much more than just the tower. Balasagun was an ancient Soghdian city and the tower was part of the city. Balasagun was founded by Soghdians, a people of Iranian origin and the Soghdian language was still in use in this town until the 11th century. It was the capital of the Kara-Khanid Khanate from the 10th century until it was taken by the Kara-Khitan Khanate in 1134. It was then captured by the Mongols in 1218. The Mongols called it Gobalik ("pretty city"). Founded by the Kara-Khanid Khanate in the 9th century, Balasagun soon supplanted Suyab as the main political and economical centre of the Chuy Valley; its prosperity declined after the Mongol conquest. The poet Yusuf Has Hajib, known for writing the Kutadgu Bilig, is thought to have been born in Balasagun in the 11th century. The city also had a sizable Nestorian Christian population; one graveyard was still in use in the 14th century.[2] Since the 14th century, Balasagun is a village with plenty of ruins, 12 km southeast of Tokmok. The Burana Tower, located at the edge of Tokmok and 6 km from the present village of Balasagun, was the west end of the ancient city. It includes the Burana Tower and a field of stone petroglyphs, the bal-bals. The Burana Tower is a minaret built in the 11th century on the ruins of the ancient city Balasagun. It is 24 m (79 ft) in height, though when it was first built it topped 46 m (138 ft). Several earthquakes through the centuries caused much damage, and the current building represents a major renovation carried out in the 1970s.
The Chui Valley is actually littered with history and ancient sites. The Burana Tower is perhaps the most famous, but there is much more than just the tower. Balasagun was an ancient Soghdian city and the tower was part of the city. Balasagun was founded by Soghdians, a people of Iranian origin…
Shakirat
May 28, 2021
это историческое место недалеко от столицы, около 1 часа езды.
Placering
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Tokmak, Chüy Region