The Mausoleum-Mosque of Akhmed Yasavi in the town of Turkestan (Republic of Kazakhstan)

Obverse

in the center of the disc, in the circle of dots - the denomination in two lines: "5 РУБЛЕЙ" (5 RUBLES) framed from the left by an ear of wheat and from the right – by an oak branch; below the denomination underscored by two lines with the mint trade mark between them – the year of issue: "1992"; along the rim – the semicircular inscriptions divided by two fragments of ornament, at the top: "КАЗАКСТАН" (KAZAKSTAN – in the transcription of the Kazakh language), at the bottom: "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA).

Reverse

in the centre of the disc – the relief depiction of the Akhmed Yasavi's Mausoleum-Mosque, along the rim above - the inscription in an oriental style: "МАВЗОЛЕЙ-МЕЧЕТЬ АХМЕДА ЯСАВИ" (THE MAUSOLEUM-MOSQUE OF AKHMED YASAVI) under it - the date: "XIV в." (the XIV c.) underscored by an ornament, below – the horizontal inscription: "ТУРКЕСТАН" (TURKESTAN).

Authors

The artists: S.M. Ivanov, A.V. Baklanov
The sculptor: S.M. Ivanov
Mint: Leningrad Mint (ЛМД)
The edge: two inscriptions "ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ" (FIVE RUBLES) divided by two asterisks.

The Mausoleum-Mosque of Akhmed Yasavi in the town of Turkestan (Republic of Kazakhstan) is an architectural monument of the XIV century. Akhmed Yasavi (around 1105-1166) was a Central Asian poet and preacher of Sufism – a mystic current in Islam. The collected of mystic religious verses "The Innermost" (published in 1878) ascribed to Akhmed Yasavi had an impact on the development of Turkic poetry.