Karnak

Karnak lies in an oasis northwest of Yasi, beneath the Karatau mountains. It was one of the settlements of the wider Turkistan country, where mountain streams and irrigation supported gardens and fields. Craftsmen here cast the great bronze cauldron commissioned by Timur for the shrine of Ahmad Yasawi. The vessel was carried to the mausoleum at Yasi, linking Karnak's metalworkers to one of the most important religious foundations of the Timurid age.