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August 28, 2023
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The mausoleum has a square base with a side length of 27 meters. On top of the two-story substructure was a 17-meter-high dome covered with turquoise bricks. The dome, whose outer shell has been destroyed over the centuries, is believed to be the first double-shelled dome in Central Asia. The building rests on a six meter deep foundation that made the building earthquake-proof
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Legend of the creation of the mausoleum:
According to legend, the sultan once fell in love with a magician who only married him on three conditions. He is not allowed …
According to legend, the sultan once fell in love with a magician who only married him on three conditions. He is not allowed …
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November 11, 2019
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Ahmad Sanjar was the Seljuq ruler of Khorasan from 1097 until in 1118 when he became the Sultan of the Seljuq Empire, which he ruled as until his death in 1157.
Born: 1085, Sinjar, Iraq
Died: May 8, 1157, Merv, Turkmenistan
Full name: Muizz ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Adud ad-Dawlah Abul-Harith Ahmad Sanjar ibn Malik-Shah
Place of burial: Tomb of Ahmed Sanjar, Merv, Turkmenistan
Spouse: Turkan Khatun (m. ?–1156), Rusudan, daughter of Demetrius I of Georgia
Parents: Malik-Shah I, Suleiman-Shah
Born: 1085, Sinjar, Iraq
Died: May 8, 1157, Merv, Turkmenistan
Full name: Muizz ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Adud ad-Dawlah Abul-Harith Ahmad Sanjar ibn Malik-Shah
Place of burial: Tomb of Ahmed Sanjar, Merv, Turkmenistan
Spouse: Turkan Khatun (m. ?–1156), Rusudan, daughter of Demetrius I of Georgia
Parents: Malik-Shah I, Suleiman-Shah
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