Kyzylorda region is located about 15 km from the village of Zhanakorgan. Khorasan Ata lived in the IX century. Abd al-Jalil Bab Khorasan Ata is the fifth generation of Muhammad al-Hanafiya, the son of Ali ibn Abu Talib (Hazrat Ali), according to the genealogy of Nasab-nama. Khorasan Ata was a genius and healer who helped the Turkic peoples to embrace Islam.This shrine is unique in that it contains a replica of the Ka'bah in Mecca. Legend has it that Khorasan Ata flew to Mecca every Friday to pray, and his son Hussein said to his father, “If you allow me, I will copy the Ka'bah here in Mecca”. Khorasan Ata allowed his son to be tested. According to his son, he brought the Kaaba on the carpet. Believing in the power of his son, Khorasan Ata drew the shadow of the Ka'bah without putting it on the ground, and then a pile of sand was collected and the Ka'bah was built. The building was built for the purpose of training for pilgrimage and was used for this purpose. The entrance to the replica of the Ka'bah, made of clay as a local building material, is in the north-east. It is said that a worshiper who enters without praying on the floor, but prays in any direction in the four corners of the world, will be rewarded for praying in Mecca.
Reference: Kazakhstan sacred objects
of whole national importance. – Astana: Foliant, 2017. – 201-203 pp.
