Tamdy

Tamdy is the site of a medieval settlement near the northern slopes of the Karatau Mountains. Researchers associate it with Beruket, a town mentioned by the tenth-century geographer al-Maqdisi. It stood on the route from Taraz past Lake Bilikol toward the towns along the mountains. Armenian king Hetum's journey to the Mongol court in 1254 passed through this country, and his itinerary names a place identified with Beruket. The remains at Tamdy date from the seventh to the fourteenth centuries.