Tag: Ancient Mary

• The Pious Payout

  When Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedovmade completed his first Hajj, it was the perfect time for citizens of Mary to ask him for the funds needed to finish the building of Mary’s mosque. The money was awarded and the inauguration of the Hajj Gurbanguly Mosque commenced two years later. The President proclaimed its’ opening was “evidence […]

  farflungistan

  April 10, 2013

  Central Asia, Mary, Turkmenistan

  Ancient Mary, Central Asia, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Hajj, Hajj Gurbanguly Mosque, Mary, Mosque, Silk Road, Turkmenistan