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Kalta Minor
A broad, unfinished minaret covered from base to top in turquoise and blue glazed tiles, standing near the West Gate of Itchan Kala.
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.
Ensembles1871About 10 minutes to see
About the place
Muhammad Niyoz, called Matniyaz in the local dialect, was devonbegi, or finance minister, to Muhammad Rahim Khan II, and paid for this madrasa himself in 1871. It stands on Pahlavon Mahmud street against the east wall of the Muhammad Rahim Khan madrasa, with its main facade turned towards the Muhammad Amin Khan madrasa.
The single-storey building, about 36 by 32 metres, has a tall central portal flanked by three arches on each side and small minaret-like towers at the corners. Inside, a courtyard is ringed by student cells, classrooms and a winter mosque. Since 1979 it has served visitors, and today it houses a restaurant.
Why go
- Built by the khan's finance minister in 1871
- Faces the Muhammad Amin Khan madrasa
- Now a restaurant inside the old walls
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MausoleumsUnder 1 km awayUNESCO World Heritage
Sayid Allauddin Mausoleum
One of the oldest buildings in Khiva's Itchan Kala: the fourteenth-century domed tomb of the Sufi sheikh Sayid Allauddin, with a rare glazed majolica gravestone.
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Muhammad Amin Khan Madrasa
The largest madrasa in Khiva, built in the 1850s next to Kalta Minor, with a tiled portal and two storeys of cells around a wide courtyard.
FortressesUnder 1 km awayUNESCO World Heritage
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.