Turkistan

E819239

Sufi mystic city historical city mausoleum mosque

Turkistan is a historic city in southern Kazakhstan renowned as a major center of Islamic culture and pilgrimage in Central Asia.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Turkistan canonical	3
Turkistan Region	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sufi mystic ⓘ city ⓘ historical city ⓘ mausoleum ⓘ mosque ⓘ
associatedPerson	Khoja Ahmed Yasawi NERFINISHED ⓘ
builder	Timur NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace	Turkistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalOf	Turkistan Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	continental climate ⓘ
country	Kazakhstan ⓘ
countryCode	KZ NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryDuringSovietEra	Kazakh SSR NERFINISHED ⓘ
dominantReligion	Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicActivity	tourism ⓘ trade ⓘ
ethnicMajority	Kazakhs NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerName	Hazrat-e Turkistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Yasi NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLandmark	Esim Khan Mausoleum NERFINISHED ⓘ Hilvet underground mosque NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalEra	Kazakh Khanate period NERFINISHED ⓘ Timurid period NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole	spiritual center of Turkic-speaking Muslims ⓘ
language	Kazakh NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Asia ⓘ Southern Kazakhstan NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeUnit	Turkistan Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyRiver	Syr Darya NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSite	Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Kazakh Khanate NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ Timurid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationCharacteristic	predominantly Muslim ⓘ
regionType	cultural center ⓘ
religiousFunction	pilgrimage destination ⓘ
religiousTitle	second Mecca of Central Asia ⓘ
religiousTradition	Islam ⓘ
servedAs	capital of the Kazakh Khanate ⓘ
significance	major center of Islamic culture in Central Asia ⓘ major pilgrimage center in Central Asia ⓘ
transport	served by Turkistan International Airport ⓘ served by railway ⓘ
UNESCOListingYear	2003 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Kazakhstan Region → contains → Turkistan ⓘ

South Kazakhstan Region → dissolvedInto → Turkistan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turkistan Region

South Kazakhstan Region → formerNameOf → Turkistan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turkistan Region

Turkestan region (historical) → includesCity → Turkistan ⓘ

Kazakh Khanate → capital → Turkistan ⓘ