The memorial temples Oguz elite

Abstract

In the lower reaches of the river. Syr Darya in the territory of Kyzylorda region of the Republic of Kazakhstan retained the original architectural monuments: the tower-like structures Begim-Аna, Uzyntam, Saraman-Кosa who in all respects differs from traditional Muslim mausoleums in Central Asia and Kazakhstan. The first two buildings, we refer to the X century. Saraman-Кosa tower to the XI century. Facilities are located around the capital city of medieval Oguz Zhankent and were built in the pre-Islamic period in the history of the region. They belong to the category of monuments known as “din” (дың) or “dingek” (діңгек). “Dyng” (Дың) is trans- lated into an Old Turkic language as “spirit”. Functionally similar monu- ments discovered on the territory of Central and Eastern Kazakhstan. Kozy- Korpesh, Dombauyl, Dingek and a number of other structures were built of stone. These monuments belong to the VIII–IX centuries and represent a kind of memorial temples for ancestor spirits. They correspond to sources on the construction of the Turks the construction outlined in the Chinese sources as “mast”, “post”. Towers Begimana, Uzyntam, Saraman-Кosa, built of raw and are faced with baked bricks, are representatives of the memorial temples Oguz elite.