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Sacred Relic Beket Ata

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Beket Ata

Having reached the age of 40, he became the Sufi, and began teaching children. Upon completion of his studies he returned home and built 4 mosques

He possessed heroic strength and courage just like his great-grandfather — Yesset batyr.

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Beket Myrzagululy (1750-1813), better known as Beket-ata and Pir Beket, is a Kazakh religious Sufi figure, educator and hero, revered as a saint. His life is connected with many folk legends.

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Excursion involves 16 hours by BUS.

Sacred Relic Shopan Ata

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Shopan Ata

Having reached the age of 40, he became the Sufi, and began teaching children. Upon completion of his studies he returned home and built 4 mosques

It is located 20 kilometers north-west from the village of Senek, Karakiya district, Mangistau region, along the Khorezm caravan route. In the cemetery, there are various monuments, such as ancient fences, tombstones, tombstones, and tombstones typical of medieval Turkmen and Kazakh culture.

According to the legends spread across the country, Shopan-Ata is a saint who was the student of Khoja Ahmet Yassawi and the teacher of Beket Ata. He spread Sufi teachings in the Mangistau region under the instructions of his teacher.

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A well and a second mosque built later can be seen in the courtyard of the mosque. A huge mulberry tree is growing at the entrance. There is a belief among the people that if you circle it three times, you will get rid of all diseases. There are other burial sites to the east of the tree.

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Having reached the age of 40, he became the Sufi, and began teaching children. Upon completion of his studies he returned home and built 4 mosques

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Beket Ata

Beket Ata

Beket Ata

Shopan Ata

the one in Kulsary is called the Ak-mechet, the second was built in the chalky rocks, 20 kilometers away from the settlement of Beineu, the third one — in Baishatyr, on the Ustyurt plateau, and the fourth underground mosque is cut off in the chalky rocks mass in the Oglandy valley. There seven rooms of the mosque have excellent acoustics. Beket-Ata was buried near the mosque. The Beket-Ata necropolis is a spiritual historical and architectural monument.

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According to the legend, one day after the end of school, Khoja Ahmet Yassawi gathered his students and instructed each of them to shoot their arrows over the house. Later, they should go to the place where their arrow was pointed, build a mosque and spread Sufi teachings. According to it, the place where Shopan-Ata was hit was the Mangistau field.

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The rock-hewn mosque consists of 12 small rooms connected to each other. Each room was used for a different purpose. For example, one is intended for conducting religious ceremonies, another for teaching children, and another for household needs. The large hall of the mosque, the size of which is 7.1x5.1 meters, is illuminated by a 1.5-meter hole in the ceiling.

Every year, many pilgrims come to the Shopan-Ata Mosque from all over the world, its name is known throughout the country. Passengers begin their journey to the famous Beket-Ata holy underground mosque by visiting the Shopan-Ata cemetery. This tradition has been going on for a long time. In the legends, it is said that while Beket-Ata was spending the night in the mosque, the image of Shopan-Ata entered his mind and gave him a vision.

Saint Beket-Ata trod many roads till he returned to Managystau. He healed people, the sick and afflicted came to him, and he restored their health and gave them a new lease on life. He found wise solutions to various problems. In his sermons, Beket-Ata urged people to live their life righteously to be fair and do good. This wise and sacred man remains in the memory of people also as a warrior who bravely fought against the Kalmyks.

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The rock-hewn mosque consists of 12 small rooms connected to each other. Each room was used for a different purpose. For example, one is intended for conducting religious ceremonies, another for teaching children, and another for household needs. The large hall of the mosque, the size of which is 7.1x5.1 meters, is illuminated by a 1.5-meter hole in the ceiling.

Beket-Ata is known in the Muslim world as a foreteller and prophet, as well as a healer, and a person, who was familiar with the laws of physics, mathematics, and astronomy. According to the legend, Beket-Ata lived in the second half of the XVIII century. He was born in 1750 near the settlement of Kulsary, the Atyrau region. At the age of 14 he came to the tomb of a wise man Shopan-Ata, whom he respected, to bow to his remains and receive the blessings. On the third night, Shopan-Ata gave him an order to study. So, the young boy left for the remote city of Khiva to study in the medrese.

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