User:Aziza2001/The mausoleum of Karashash-Ana

The Karashash-Ana Mausoleum is a mausoleum in the village of Sairam, Sairam District, South Kazakhstan Region. According to the legend, the mother of the holy Sufi Khoja Ahmed Yassavi rests in it. Nowadays the existing building was built in the XIX century on the site of a destroyed medieval building.

Biography and Legends
Karashash-ana was the daughter of the famous Sheikh Musa in Sayram. Karashash Ana was one of the most enlightened, well-bred and competent women of her time. A native of a noble and rich family, Karashash Ana was not arrogant. She had the gift of healing, helped people interpret and understand dreams. The famous woman spent a lot of time educating not only her children, helping all the suffering and sick. According to the legend, common among people, once a strand of black hair was tied to the top of the dome (the name Karashash means “black-haired”), but later it was lost.

Аrchitecture
For the first time, a mausoleum over the grave of Karashash-any was erected in the XIII century. However, under the influence of time and natural elements, the building was repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt. The building that has survived to our time dates back to the middle of the XIX century. The mausoleum is composed of quadrangular baked bricks widespread in the ancient construction of Central Asia and Kazakhstan with dimensions of 27 x 27 x 5 cm. Wood, clay and other natural materials are also used. Archa is used as an additional support in the construction of walls. Composed of burnt bricks, on rubble foundation in the XIX-XX centuries. repeatedly repaired, the dome is severely deformed. Single-chamber building in terms of almost square - 6.3 x 6.3 m. It is crowned with a spherical dome on a drum, based on angular sails, turning into the octagon by laying bricks. The south-western and south-eastern facades are decorated with equivalent portals with high pointed niches. The front planes of the corner pylons are decorated with shallow pointed and rectangular niches. In the decoration of the facades used brick rustic. The interior of the dome dome is plastered, the light opening above the entrance is made of wood panjara grille. The floors are brick, on a sand pillow. In the center of the mausoleum is the tomb of Karashash-Ana, lined with marble tiles. The safety of the mausoleum, which for two centuries has not been destroyed, speaks about the quality of the construction and finishing works carried out in it. The wooden parts used in construction and carved wood ornaments also did not rot. In 1996, the dome was faced with white sheet tin, and in 1997, the territory adjacent to the monument was cleaned and landscaped. Near the tomb of Karashash-Ana are the graves of her relatives - Ibrahim-Khoja, Suleimen-Khoja, Salim-Khoja and Daut-Khoja.