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Architecture details of the dome of the Tekesh Mausoleum at the Konye-Urgench, Turkmenistan.The structure is the presumed tomb of Sultan Ala al-din Tekesh, the founder of the Khwarezm Empire and its ruler between 1172 and 1200. Konye-Urgench is a municipality in the north-estern Turkmenistan, just south from its border with Uzbekistan. It is the site of the ancient town of Urgench, wich contain th