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   Kalta Minor

   Kaltaminor is a memorial minaret in Khiva. It is located on the front side of the Muhammad Amin Khan madrasa and sometimes considered as part of it.

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   Ak Mosque

   Ak Mosque (Uzbek: Oq masjid / Оқ масжид, lit. 'White Mosque') is a 19th century mosque in Khiva, Uzbekistan.

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   Khiva Friday Mosque

   Juma Mosque (Uzbek: Juma masjid / Жума масжид, lit. 'Friday Mosque') is a 10th–18th century mosque in Khiva, Uzbekistan.

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   Nurullabay's palace

   Nurullabai Palace is an architectural monument in Khiva, Uzbekistan. It was formerly the official reception hall of Asfandiyar Khan (20th century).

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   Ota darvoza

   Ota Gate (uzbek: Ota darvoza) is the western gate of the Itchan Kala, in the walled inner town of the city of Khiva, Uzbekistan.

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   Pakhlavan Mahmoud Mausoleum

   The Pahlavon Mahmud complex, Pahlavon Mahmud mausoleum or Polvon ota mausoleum is a memorial monument in Khiva, Khorezm.

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   Itchan Kala south gate

   The Tosh Gate is a historical monument in Khiva city, Khorezm Region, Uzbekistan; the southern gate of the Itchan Kala.

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   Mohammed Rahim Khan madrasa

   The Muhammad Rahim Khan Madrasah (Uzbek: Muhammad Rahimxon madrasasi) is a Madrasah in Itchan Kala, the historic old town of Khiva, Uzbekistan. It is part of the UNESCO world heritage.

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   Hasanmurod Qushbegi mosque

   Hasanmurod Qushbegi Mosque — a historical memorial site located in the city of Khiva in the Khorezm Region of Uzbekistan. The mosque was built in the late 18th to early 19th centuries near the ″Bogcha Gate″.

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    Itchan Kala north gate

    Bogcha Gate (uzbek: Bogʻcha darvoza) is the northern gate of the Khiva citadel, Itchan Kala. It was built in the 19th century.

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   Konya Ark

   Konya Ark (Uzbek: Koʻhna ark Old Fortress) is the citadel in the Itchan Kala, the historic old town of Khiva in Uzbekistan. It is an outstanding part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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   Toshhovli Palace

   The Toshhovli Palace or Tach Khaouli Palace, (literally: Stone Palace), is a palace located in Khiva (Uzbekistan) in the fortified district of Itchan Kala, the whole of which has been a UNESCO world heritage site since 1990.

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   Itchan Kala east gate

   The Polvon Gate is the eastern gate of the Itchan Kala fortress in Khiva (1806). The people also call it Poshshob (Jallod) Gate or Slave Gate.

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   Abdolbobo Mausoleum

   The Abdolbobo Mausoleum (or Abdol bobo mausoleum) is an architectural monument in Khiva city, Khorazm region, Uzbekistan.

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   Said Mahruyjan Complex

   Said Mahruyjan Complex (or Said Muhammad Mokhiroi Complex, Sayyid Mohiroi Jahan Complex) is an architectural monument in the Khiva city, Khorazm Region of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

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