Khiva

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Khiva

 

gate of the walled city

Khiva, also known as Khorezm, formerly a large khanate of west central Asia, south of the Aral Sea, now part of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.

 

the city walls
(note the graves on the walls)

 Khiva is also the name of a town in northwestern Uzbekistan near the Turkmenistan border; the town is noted for its many historic buildings, such as the Islam-Khodzha Minaret and the mausoleum of the khans. 

 

the minaret

 

view across the city

 

another view of the minaret

 

In ancient times the Oxus River (now Amu Darya), which passes through the region, emptied into the Caspian Sea and thus provided the ancient state with a waterway to Europe. 

 

graves

An Uzbek khan founded the town of Khiva in the early 16th century as the capital of his khanate, which also became known as Khiva. Russia annexed part of the khanate in 1873, and controlled the rest of Khiva as a protectorate. 

 

mausoleum

 

interior grave location

In 1919 the Russians deposed the khan of Khiva, dissolving the khanate, and in 1920 Khiva became the Khorezmian People's Soviet Republic. In 1924, after the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formed, the Khorezmian People's Soviet Republic was split between two of the constituent republics, the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR) and the Turkmen SSR.

 

many pillared mosque with wooden roof

 

every Medressa a sales room for handicraft

 

 camel for the tourists

 

Medressa facade

Photos of Tash Haule Palace

 

the builder and his city

 

another city gate

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