Tower Turgul (برج طغرل)

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Tugrul Tower - located in the east of the mausoleum of Ibn Babu Street Ibn Babu Ray city and is one of the monuments of the Seljuk period. In some sources it is mentioned as the place the tower Khalifa Yazid. The height of the tower is about 20 meters (without taking into account the conical dome, which is now nothing left). According to some experts, this tower was as if the clock and the movement of the sun's rays on the teeth it can be determined vremya.Spory about human burials in the tower: There are disputes between experts and historians about human burials in this tower. Some consider it a tomb Tughril and "Majdal al-Tawarikh" on. 465 states that the ruler of the city Rey Togrul Bek died here (ie in the tower) found his eternal abode. [5] Famous Turkish historian Faruk Sumer is also confident that the burial Tughril is on this meste.