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CHUFUT- KALE, CRIMEA

 
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Mausoleum of Tokhtamish's daughter, Dzhanike - Khanim, who came here to live when her father was driven out of his throne at the Kipchak Khanate at Sarai. He fled to Lithuania and then managed to get back into southern Siberia where he died. Dzhanike-Khanim was a heroine of Kypchak legend and songs. She made the pilgrimage to Mecca. Soon after her rule here the Girei family declared their independence from the Great Horde at Sarai and founded the Crimean Khanate. They established their base here before moving into the valley at Bakhchsarai. Sunlight is reflecting from something at the left edge of the photograph.

 
   

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