Religious excursions on the mausoleums and necropolises of Khiva.

“They also say that the word Khivak conceals the tarih on the death of Khazrat Pahlavan Mahmud Wali, may his mystery be sanctified! Ta’rich this became the name of this city. Its former name was Raml, i.e. a place full of sand. After the hunt, Ibn Nuh himself lay down there and fell asleep, and in a dream he saw himself in a circle of three hundred lit torches. I woke up in high spirits and, having decided to leave the memory of myself, covered this area with earth and built a city there, and in another visit I encircled it with a fortress wall and dug a spring on its western outskirts. In a word, as they say, Khivak was repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt. He is now thriving thanks to the efforts of the deceased Abu al-Ghazi Muhammad Rahim Khan, the father of His Majesty Allakuli Khan and his brother, who became famous throughout the world Kutlug Murad ina forgiven by Allah and residing in the paradise of the deceased. Their zeal was built there a large madrasa, along with other charitable institutions"

Historian Hudaiberdi ibn Koshmuhammad Khivaki “Dil Gara’ib”, “Heart of Rarities”.

Short detour to Khiva.

Attention is drawn to the fact that the five minarets of Khiva are on one line at a distance of about 200 m. from   one another. At the center is the minaret of the principal mosque of Ichan-Qala, Jum`a mosque.
To the West from it - Kalta Minor Minaret and further a minaret of Sha- Qalandar Bobo ensemble. To the East there is a minaret of the mosque Seyid-Biy and further - Palvan-kari minaret.
Diameter of the minaret of Jum`a mosque at the base is 6.2 meters, the height - 32, 5 meters. Its top is crowned with eight arched lantern with stalactite cornice and calotte. Djuma-Mosque Minaret.
One curious fact stands out particularly, five of Khiva's minarets are located on the same line at a distance of about 200m. The minaret of Djuma-Mosque occupies the central point. Kalta-Minor stands to the west of it, and farther, the minaret of Biki-Djan-bika.
The minarets of Seyid-biy Mosque and Palvan-kari Minaret are located to the east. The diameter of Djuma-Mosque's Minaret is 6.2m at its base; its height is 3.2m. An eight-arch lantern with a hanging cornice and dome crowns the inaret. 

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Alexander Petrov.