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Built during the Qian
Long reign (1736-1795)
of the Qing Dynasty,
Sulaiman Minaret is
three kilometers
southeast of the town of
Turpan. A tablet beside
the minaret bears an
inscription in the Han
and Uygur languages. It
was erected by Sulaiman,
a ruler of Turpan, in
memory of his father,
Emin, during the
mid-eighteenth century,
so the structure is also
called the Emin Minaret.
The slim, round minaret
is forty-four meters
tall and was built of
yellow bricks with
flower patterns. The
exquisitely formed
minaret with its
helmet-shaped top is one
of the most famous
examples of Muslim
architecture in Xijiang. |
