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Tura Murad Tura Minaret
One of the smallest minarets in Khiva's Itchan Kala, built in 1888 by the khan's younger brother, the poet Tura Murad, by the north-east corner of Kunya-Ark.
Hasanmurod Qushbegi Mosque
A small courtyard mosque of the late 18th–early 19th century near Khiva's north gate, opposite the Amir Tura madrasa, with a later corner minaret.
EnsemblesLate 18th – early 19th century
About the place
This mosque inside Itchan Kala was built at the end of the eighteenth and the start of the nineteenth century, paid for and overseen by Hasanmurod Qushbegi, an official of the khan, and his relative Shoh Niyoz. It stands near the Bogcha gate, opposite the Amir Tura madrasa and behind the Muso Tura madrasa.
It is modest in size: a rectangular plan around a square courtyard, entered through a single arch, with prayer halls and small rooms on the north and east sides. A minaret added later rises at the north-east corner, and the outer walls show plain, careful brickwork.
Why go
- A small courtyard mosque in Itchan Kala
- Later minaret at the north-east corner
- Near the Bogcha gate and Amir Tura madrasa
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Muhammad Rahim Khan Madrasa
A madrasa opposite Kunya-Ark, built for the khan who was also a poet under the pen name Feruz; it now tells the story of his reign.
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Kunya-Ark
The khans' citadel inside Itchan Kala, with a tiled summer mosque, a reception hall, a former mint and a watchtower over the old town.
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Matniyaz Divanbegi Madrasa
A one-storey madrasa of 1871 in Khiva's Itchan Kala, built by the khan's finance minister and facing the Muhammad Amin Khan madrasa; now a restaurant.