HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SACRED MISSION OF THE JOCHI KHAN MAUSOLEUM
ИСТОРИЧЕСКАЯ РЕКОНСТРУКЦИЯ САКРАЛЬНОЙ МИССИИ МАВЗОЛЕЯ ДЖУЧИ-ХАНА
Usmanova E.R. Panyushkina I.P. Iskanderova A.D.
2024Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan, A.Kh. Khalikov Archaeology Institute
Arkheologiia Evraziiskikh Stepei
2024Issue 2375 - 388 pp.
Kazakh folk tradition associates the mausoleum of Jochi Khan (Kazakhstan, Ulytau) with the name of the eldest son of Genghis Khan, where he was buried as the legend says. The mausoleum, built in the style of XIV century Islamic architecture, was first mentioned under this name in the XVI century. Under this name, the structure was mentioned in numerous written records of the Russian Empire between XIX and early XX centuries. The construction of the mausoleum has 2 stages: erecting the main building with a single dome and portal (late XIII – early XIV century) and adding an external dome on a ribbed “star-shaped” drum with the top covered with glazed turquoise-blue tiles (late XIV – early XV centuries). The complex reconstruction of the mausoleum strengthened the visual symbols of Islam. The adoption of Islam in the Ulus of Jochi by the nomadic society was organized by missionaries of Sufi orders, especially the Yassawi’s Sufi tariqa. The renovation of the mausoleum of Jochi Khan coincided with the design change for the burial architecture of the holy Sufis and spiritual leaders to make their appearance more prominent, which was initiated by the Timurids in the XIV century. Our earlier studies demonstrated that the mausoleum is very unlikely to be the sacral burial of Jochi Khan, who was not a Muslim. The historical reconstruction of the mausoleum is associated with Sufi order. The mausoleums two burials may belong to Sufis leaders or elders, who preached in the Ulytau. To date, the sacred mission of the Jochi Khan mausoleum preserves the memory of the great ancestor and remains the place of ancestral pilgrimage.
archaeology , Golden Horde , kubba , mausoleum of Jochi Khan , mazar , pre-Islamic cult , Sufism , Surah “Bakara” , Ulus of Jochi , Ulytau , Yassawi Sufi tariqa
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Saryarka Archaeological Institute of Karaganda Buketov University, Universitetskya 28, Karaganda, 100024, Kazakhstan
Institute of Archeology named after. A. Kh. Margulan, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Institute of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Khalikov, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences., Kazan, Russian Federation
University of Arizona, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, Tucson, 85721, AZ, United States
Institute of Archeology named after. Ya. Gulyamova, Abdullaeva 3, Samarkand, 140161, Uzbekistan
Saryarka Archaeological Institute of Karaganda Buketov University
Institute of Archeology named after. A. Kh. Margulan
Institute of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Khalikov
University of Arizona
Institute of Archeology named after. Ya. Gulyamova
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