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Allakuli Khan Madrasa
A tall-portalled madrasa from the 1830s near the East Gate, part of a trading quarter with a caravanserai and a covered market.
Abdulla Khan Madrasa
A small madrasa in Itchan Kala built in 1855 by the mother of a young khan killed in battle; it now holds the Khorezm nature museum.
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About the place
Abdulla Khan ruled Khiva for only about six months before he died in 1855, aged 17, fighting Yomut Turkmen tribes. His mother then built this madrasa so that his name would be remembered.
The rectangular building has corner towers, two entrances and single-storey cells around a courtyard with an old well. Since 1960 it has housed the Khorezm Museum of Nature. It sits between the Allakuli Khan and Kutlug Murad Inak madrasas, just west of the Ak Mosque.
Why go
- A mother's memorial to a khan who died at 17
- Khorezm Museum of Nature inside
- In the heart of Itchan Kala, next to the Ak Mosque
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Palvan Darvaza (East Gate)
The eastern gate of Itchan Kala, a long vaulted passage lined with niches that once led out to the main market and the road east.
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Anusha Khan Bathhouse
A 17th-century public bathhouse in Khiva's Itchan Kala, built by Abulghazi Khan in honour of his son Anusha's victory, the oldest of its kind in the city.
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Allakuli Khan Caravanserai and Tim
Caravanserai of 1832–1833 and a domed covered market built by Allakuli Khan beside the Palvan gate of Khiva's Itchan Kala, still lined with shops.
