Abu-Said Meane baba mausoleum
Abu-Said Meane baba mausoleum

Meana baba – so names local population the mausoleum, erected above ashes of the known Muslim religious figure of the Middle Ages of the Sheikh AbusagytAbulhayr (in Russian transcription Abu-Said AbulHayr), living in the X-XI centuries. The mausoleum is located approximately in 40 km. to the south-east of the settlement Dushak of Ahal area of Turkmenistan and during all XX century remained object of research from the part of orientalists, archeologists, historians of architecture and arts critics, and last years it is one of popular tourist objects. Here lived known Sheikhs followers of suphizm – mystic ascetic doctrine in an Islam among which one of large figures is Abu-Said AbulHayr. He was born in the family of the druggist presumably in 968 year in the city of Mehne where has received an elementary education, then was trained at the well known theologians of Merv. In the beginning of 1020-th years Abu-Said, having received from the known ufi of that period the certificate about achievements of a maturity in knowledge of suphizm, has opened in Nishapur his own hanaka where begins conduction of the own sermons, as well as discussions about life and mysticism. However, Abu-Said comes back to Mehne. He has founded hanaka (house with mosque and cella) which always was full by supporters of Sufi interpretation. Here, to a monastery of the sacred Sheikh aspired dervishes from all places of Khurasan. However in the course of time small rivers Meana and Chacha are exhausted up to such decree, that the population of once blossoming oasis starts to abandon familiar spots. Because of full deficiency of water it appears left also the city of Mehne. Unfortunately, today the historical science has no sufficient data about town-planning culture and last days of a life of this city. It is like erased from the ground. And only separate hillocks, appearing on a lay of land of land, hint that here, probably, once there were structures. Even the buildings once entering into a complex Meanea-baba, either lay in ruins, or have at all disappeared. And only mausoleum of Sheikh Abu-Said AbulHayr carefully supported by local population alone towering in steppe, and as if preserved by soaring spirit great aged man, having gone through centuries, continues to draw to itself pilgrims, tourists and travelers from many ends of the world.