Project Description
The Mausoleum of Sultan Ali, you will not see rich stucco patterns, no intricate Arabic inscriptions, or decorated with majolica walls and portals. And all because, that the building, which is over 5 ages, It never was completed. All the fault of constant civil wars Turkmen khans, and then the invasion of Bukhara Abdulla in Khorezm. So that, it was not until the construction of, despite, that the mausoleum was intended for one of the most influential Turkmen khans of the time, during the life of even owned Urgench.
However, nowadays Mausoleum of Sultan Ali is one of the most visited tourist sites of Turkmenistan, mainly due to the fact, that is located near the mausoleum of the great Sufi and the founder of the Order of kurawyya – Najm al-Din Kubra, Muslim place of pilgrimage from all over the world. Mausoleum of Sultan Ali is not just a number, but on the contrary it, and is connected to the famous mausoleum common patio, forming a single ensemble. Around both buildings over the centuries has grown Muslim cemetery, active to this day.
