Madrasa of Muhammad Amin Khan

Islamic, Central Asian, Uzbek
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Muhammad Amin Madrasa
Madrasa of Mukhammad Amin-Khan
Muhammad Amin Khan Madrasa
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/19923
Description
"To the south of the citadel is a square on which military reviews and executions took place: it is bordered by two madrasas, that of Muhammad Amin Khan (1851–5), the largest (72˙60 m) in Khiva, with cells arranged on two floors around a central court, and that of Muhammad Rahim Khan (1871). The 70 m minaret planned for the madrasa of Muhammad Amin Khan, the tallest in Central Asia, was left unfinished."
 
exterior, decorative tile on courtyard facade, 1997
 
Type of Work
Madrasa
Subject
Madrasahs, Islamic religious education, Islam -- History, Four-iwan mosques, Khiva (Uzbekistan), Architecture, Islamic--Asia, Central, Architecture, Islamic --Uzbekistan, Interlace, Pointed arches, Foliation (pattern), Tiles
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