Sultan Tekesh Mausoleum

Blue Dome mausoleum

The mausoleum of Sultan Tekesh is located in the center of the historical city of Kunye Urgench. It is a short walk south of the tall Gutlug Timur minaret and north of his father's mausoleum (II Arsla...

STILL under scaffolding

From reading the other reviews, this little mausoleum has been under renovation for years. The scaffolding is still in place with no signs of progress.

unique dome

Loved the architecture on this mausoleum with it's more pointed dome at the top rather than a standard dome. Sadly its covered in scaffolding but whats more saddening is its covered in scaffolding an...

Sultan Tekesh

So many mausoleums and temples so little time! The mausoleum for Sultan Tekesh in Kunye Urgench is smaller than Turabek but nonetheless interesting and presumably the tomb of the founder of the Khware...

Another gem of a mausoleum

This one is being renovated, so we saw mostly scaffolding, but you can still see some of the tile decoration. Wikipedia adds: This structure is the presumed Tomb of Sultan Ala al-din Tekesh, the found...