Ablaykit

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Ablaykit (also Ablayket), more correctly Ablayin Qiyid ("Ablai's monastery"), was a fortress and Buddhist monastery built by the Khoshut Oyirad ruler Ablai Taishi in 1654. In 1671 the complex was conquered by a rival, the Jungar khan Galdan, and parts of it were destroyed by fire. Ablai and many of his dependents fled westwards; he died a captive in Moscow or Astrakhan in 1674. The complex was abandoned and fell into ruin. It was visited and described both before and after abandonment, and documented in maps, plans, and depictions from the first half of the 18th century. The walls protect the site form the south and east, while granite outcrops form its western and northern bounds. There is a small freshwater lake in the northern, rocky part of the complex. The site, located about 1 km east of the modern village of Algabas, has been the subject of systematic archaeological investigation since 2016.

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