Places, Central Asia

Kyrgyzstan

• TaleSantash pass, Tüp valley, Kyrgyzstan, 1537 to 1857

  San-Tash and the legend of Timur's counted stones

  In 1856 Chokan Valikhanov wrote down the tale of Timur's counted stones, then added that history contradicts it. A Kazakh account names a different builder.