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Mozori Sharif Madrasa

A one-storey madrasa of 1882 beside the Pakhlavan Mahmud mausoleum in Itchan Kala, built by the Khorezm master Qalandar Kochum.

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About the place

The madrasa was built in 1882 on the order of Muhammad Rahim Khan II, with money from his son Iso Tora, governor of Tashauz. The well-known Khorezm builder Qalandar Kochum led the work.

It is a modest single-storey building around a small courtyard and, unlike other Khiva madrasas, has no separate lecture room or mosque. It stands on the south-east side of the Pakhlavan Mahmud complex, by the entrance to the mausoleum, and is managed by the Itchan Kala museum-reserve.

Why go

  • Next to the entrance of the Pakhlavan Mahmud mausoleum
  • Work of the Khorezm master Qalandar Kochum
  • A simple plan without lecture hall or mosque

Sources (5)

  1. 1.Wikidata
  2. 2.en.wikipedia.org
  3. 3.ru.wikipedia.org
  4. 4.uz.wikipedia.org
  5. 5.openstreetmap.org

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