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Qozi Kalon Madrasa

A 1905 madrasa by the Juma Mosque in Khiva's Itchan Kala, built for the chief judge of Khorezm and now home to a museum of Khorezm music.

Ensembles1905About 20 minutes to see

About the place

Muhammad Salim Akhund, the chief judge (qozi kalon) of Khorezm, paid for this madrasa in 1905, during the reign of Muhammad Rahim Khan II; well-known Khorezm masters such as Khudaybergen Haji and Qalandar Kochum worked on it. His son Babaakhun Salimov later became the first justice minister of the Khorezm People's Soviet Republic.

The madrasa stands by the north-west corner of the Juma Mosque in the middle of Itchan Kala. It now houses a museum of the history of Khorezm music, with exhibits from early times to the present.

Why go

  • A museum of Khorezm music
  • Next to the Juma Mosque
  • Built by named Khorezm masters in 1905

Sources (4)

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

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