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Kazakh Archeologists Find Ancient Khanaka Sufi Shrine in Turkestan

By Zhanna Shayakhmetova on 13 August 2020

NUR-SULTAN – Scientists have found a khanaka, an ancient Sufi shrine, at the Kultobe settlement in Turkestan, during archaeological excavations, the press service of the Kazakh Research Institute of Culture reported on Aug. 6.   A khanaka is associated with the Sufi’s dervish orders, which were widespread in the Middle...