Abstract
n the article, the authors analyzed the pantheon function of the mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi and tried to determine its place in the funeral rites of the Kazakh people. On the basis of ethnographic materials, in combination with archaeological materials, he tried to reveal the ways, reasons for the temporary preservation of corpses, such as “put in trust”, which are found in the nomadic society, including the Kazakh people, and the connection of this ritual with the nomadic worldview. In addition, he closely revealed the essence of the burial of Kings by early nomads in large pantheons and the burial of Khans, bi-sheshens (lawyers) and batyrs of the Kazakh people in the mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi in Turkestan.