Bagyr is a former village that has been annexed by the city of
Ashgabat
Ashgabat or Asgabat ( tk, Aşgabat, ; fa, عشقآباد, translit='Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk ( rus, Полтора́цк, p=pəltɐˈratsk) between 1919 and 1927), is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies ...
, the capital of
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the s ...
. It is presently a neighborhood of the capital city. Bagyr features archeological sites.
Sites
Kulmergen Kala
A fortress constructed in the 19th century, the walls are all that remains.
Shikhalov Mausoleum
An octagonal domed structure (also called Shikh Alou Mausoleum), this is believed to house the tomb of Nasipuri Sufi ascetic
Abū ʿAlī al-Daqqāq (d. 1015).
External references
Location of Bagyr in OpenStreetMap
References
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Archaeological sites in Turkmenistan