The former city of Dehistan/Mashhad-i Misrian (Turkmen : Dehistan), now in the Balkan Region of western Turkmenistan, was a major economic center from the 10th to the 14th centuries CE. The city lay on an important trade route of the states comprising Greater Iran. [1]
A double-walled city punctuated with guard-towers, Misrian was abandoned c. 15th century. [1] [2] Only a few monuments survive: [2]
A medieval graveyard, the site houses five mausoleums along a single line; in nineteenth century, there were apparently about twenty. [2] All are either circular or octagonal, and lack in domes. [2] Adjacent to this line, is located the Shir-kabir Mosque-Maousoleum atop a mound. [3] [4] Dated to 9th/10th century, this is the oldest extant mosque in Turkmenistan
This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on February 25, 1998, in the Cultural category. [1]
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