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the “turabeg khanom” mausoleum in kunya urgench: problems of attribution 133 LISA GOLOMBEK THE SOCALLED “TURABEG KHANOM” MAUSOLEUM IN KUNYA URGENCH: PROBLEMS OF ATTRIBUTION Located in the town of Kunya Urgench (Old Gurganj) (fig. 3). Mosaic faience also coats the muqarnas vaults on the west bank of the Amu Darya (Oxus River) in of its internal vestibules and exterior niches. Glazed tile Turkmenistan, the Turabeg Khanom mausoleum has set within the lattice design of the majestic cylindrical received little notice because until recently travel there drum on the roof sparkles beneath what was once a was difficult to arrange (fig. 1). Yet already when turquoise-tiled conical dome. This two-chambered Yakubovskii first published this mausoleum in 1930, he mausoleum takes its name from Turabeg Khanom, wife declared: “There is nothing like it in the whole Muslim of Qutlugh Timur, who governed Khorezm between world” (fig. 2).1 Its extraordinary mosaic faience, com- 1321 and 1336 for Uzbek Khan of the Golden Horde, posed of thousands of pieces of ceramic tile displaying from what was then known as Gurganj. Yakubovskii colors that are found nowhere else, creates a model of praised the monument for its elegant design and stun- the heavens in the interior surface of the great dome ning tile decoration but harbored doubts about dating Fig. 1. Regional map of Samarkand. (Map: Lisa Golombek) 134 lisa golombek Fig. 2. The Turabeg Khanom mausoleum, from the south. (Photo: Lisa Golombek) Fig. 3. Mosaic-faience revetments in the dome of the large hall, Turabeg Khanom mausoleum. (Photo: Lisa Golombek).

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