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Said Niyaz Shalikarbay Mosque
A nine-domed Friday mosque with a small madrasa and minaret, completed in 1842 just outside the Palvan Gate of Itchan Kala in Khiva.
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.
EnsemblesUNESCO World Heritage1806–1835About 10 minutes to see
About the place
Palvan Darvaza is more than a gate: it is a vaulted passage several domes long, with deep niches on both sides that served as shops and guard rooms. It linked the inner town with the trading quarter outside the walls.
Historically this was the busiest entrance to Khiva, and the area in front of it was the site of the town's main market, including, until the 1870s, a slave market.
Today the gate opens onto a square with the Allakuli Khan madrasa and caravanserai on one side and the farmers' bazaar a short walk beyond.
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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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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 Madrasa
A tall-portalled madrasa from the 1830s near the East Gate, part of a trading quarter with a caravanserai and a covered market.