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Capital of Lebap Province, Turkmenistan
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Türkmenabat is a city in Lebap Province, Turkmenistan.
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It has an ethnographic section with a yurt and a diorama of a silversmith workshop.
In the 10th century, the settlement was a fortress surrounded by a wide moat filled with water and with gates on all four sides, safeguarded by warriors day and night.
The mausoleum of Allamberdar (Almutasir) dates from the 11th century. It is the largest of the early buildings in Northern Khurasan.
The mausoleum dates back to the 11th and 12th centuries. The complex includes the mausoleums of Zed-Ali and Zuveid-Ali. According to the legend the ruler of medieval Khurasan had a beautiful daughter, who died soon after her wedding. The mourning father asked the best masters from Merv and Samarkand to build a beautiful mausoleum, but the mausoleum collapsed immediately after it had been built. A short time later, the father had a dream. An old man advised him to build the mausoleum from clay and with water brought from Mecca. Soon the mausoleum was completed and after his death the father was buried next to his daughter.
Good standard hotel with good bathroom. Very clean. Very helpful reception staff speaking English.
Lively bazaar with lots of vegetable stalls, household goods, textiles, hats. There's a restaurant there serving basic lunch and chai very cheaply.
By train
50). The railway station is in the city center.
By bus or taxi
Take a taxi from Bukhara to the border (US$8) at Farab or a shared taxi to Uzbek Olot (Qarakul) and then a taxi to the border. From the border it is about 45 km to Turkmenabat.
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