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Ak Saray, "White Palace", was a palace near Gurgandj (Urgench) in Khwarazm, still mentioned in the Shaybaniade.
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The Encyclopaedia of Islam (2nd ed.) entry AK SARAY, unsigned, describes a palace near Gurgandj, the town now called Urgench, which is still mentioned in the Shaybaniade, the Turkish-language account of the Shaybanids. The article refers the reader for the palace of the same name built for Timur in Shahr-i Sabz to the entry KASH. 1
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 1 p. 334
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islam.museum contributors. “Ak Saray (palace near Urgench, Gurgandj)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/ak-saray-urgench/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-25.