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Mausoleum of Sultan Sanjar

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Mausoleum of Sultan Sanjar

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    August 28, 2023

    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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      August 28, 2023

      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 to hug her, look at her feet, or watch her brush her hair. Out of curiosity, the sultan broke all three promises and thus discovered their secrets: she had no bones, she didn't walk but flew and she took off her head to groom her hair. When she found out that he knew all this, she turned into a white dove and flew away. However, the sultan begged to be allowed to see her again. Their answer was to build the largest tomb in the world and leave a small opening in the dome. After his death, she will fly by and check on him. And so it happened.

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        November 11, 2019

        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

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