Kozha Akhmed Yasaui Mausoleum, Kazakhstan, 5000 Tenge

Kozha Akhmed Yasaui was a Sufi teacher and mystical poet who died in 1166. His tomb was already a place of pilgrimage when Timur constructed a grand mausoleum in his honour in the 1390s.

The mausoleum has become one of the country's most popular tourist attractions and a Muslim pilgrimage site.

Text Source: British Airways

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