The tall minaret of a mosque rises above the old city of Khiva.
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The minaret and tiled dome of a mosque rise above the old city of Khiva. The dome is covered in Khiva's hallmark green ceramic tiles.
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The arched entrance and windows of a mosque in the old city of Khiva
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The Kalta Minaret. Mohammed Amin Khan meant this to be the tallest building in the Muslim world. Construction began in 1851 but after the khan died in 1855,his heir aborted the project. Nonetheless it has some of the city's most extravagant tiling (heavily restored) in blue,white,red and Khiv's hallmark green.
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Gur-e-Mir,a mausoleum commissioned by Timur and completed in 1404AD for his grandson and heir Muhammed Sultan who died campaigning. A year later,Timur died and was interred alongside Muhammed.
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The Kalyan Minaret which allegedly awed Genghis Khan
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The Kalan minaret. Built in 1121-22AD during the reign of the Kharakhanid ruler Arslan Khan Muhammed,the minaret collapsed destroying a large section of the mosque. It was rebuilt during Arslan Khan Muhammed's life-time. Almost 50 m tall it so impressed Genghis Khan,he ordered that it be spared when Bukhara was pillaged in 1220AD.
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The Kalan Mosque. Built in 1121-22AD during the reign of the Kharakhanid ruler Arslan Khan Muhammed.
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Uzbek men sit outside The Kalan Mosque. Built in 1121-22AD during the reign of the Kharakhanid ruler Arslan Khan Muhammed.
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- The Registan Square, built in 15th to 17th century.The oldest of the three structures is the Ulugh Beg Madrassah, built around 1420. The massive front portal is flanked by a pair of minarets and is decorated with marble panels around the base and mosaic of coloured tiles above.
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- The Shah I Zandah Necropolis, built on the southern slopes of Afrasaib Hill over a period of 900 years from 11th to 19th centuries. It developed around the tomb of Kusam ibn Abbas, a cousin and companion of the Prophet who was with the first Arab armies in Transoxiana and died at Samarkand in 677.
- Sultan Takash Mausoleum at Gurganj (Kunja Urgench) completed circa 1200AD. Seven times destroyed and seven times rebuilt is the legend attached to Gurganj. Gurganj was the name given to the town by the Mongols,the Arabs called it Jurjanya and after 1646 it was known as Kunya Urgench. During its heyday it covered 1000 hectares.