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500 Tenge Aisha Bibi
| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Value | 500 Tenge |
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| Reverse lettering | АЙША-БИБИ • КЕСЕНЕСІ • • MAUSOLEUM • • XI • Ag925 24gr. 2003 AISHA-BIBI |
| Edge | Smooth |
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Aisha Bibi was an 11th-century Karakhanid noblewoman whose mausoleum near Taraz is one of the few surviving examples of pre-Mongol Central Asian terracotta architectural decoration. Legend holds she died en route to meet her betrothed, Karakhan, and was buried where she fell — the mausoleum erected in her memory by Karakhan himself. The structure nearly collapsed before Soviet-era restoration stabilized it, though the restoration remains controversial among architectural historians for replacing original terracotta panels.