Pahlavan Mahmud Complex

Ichan Kala

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Creator(s)

Islamic, Central Asian

Time period

creation date: 1701, alteration date: expansion by Mullah-din Mohammed Murad, 1810, alteration date: remodeling, including expansion of main hall, 1825, creation date: construction of two-story burial vault, 1913, creation date: construction of iwan, summer mosque, reading rooms, and prayer hall, 20th century

Location

Site: Khiva (Uzbekistan)

Cultural context

Islamic

Central Asian

Description

The Pahlavan Mahmud Mausoleum is the shrine of Khiva's patron saint, Pahlavan Mahmud, and the dynastic burial complex of the Qungrat Khans. The ensemble lies south of Khiva's famed Allah ad-Din tomb, near the Islam Khwaja Complex in the Ichan-Kala (inner fortress). It was built in the fourteenth century around the tomb of Pahlavan Mahmud, who is believed to be a gifted poet, soldier, furrier, professional wrestler and healer of diseases. The complex today consists of a domed monastic hall (khanqah), yard and gate pavilion (darvaza khana) along north-south axis, with a summer mosque, Quran reading rooms (qori khana), kitchen and other ancillary structures arranged on either side.
Source: Archnet

exterior, side view of the khanagah with adjacent tombs in the foreground and bench set up for photo opportunity, 2009

Work type

Mausoleum

Khanqah

Medium

brick

masonry

stone

Keywords

Fortifications

Tombs

City walls