Islam Khodja Minaret
Islam Khodja Minaret is a tower in Xorazm Region, Uzbekistan. Islam Khodja Minaret is situated nearby to the monument Otojonboy Madrasah, as well as near the historic building Talib Makhsum Madrasah.- Type: Tower
- Denomination: Sunni
- Also known as: “Islom Xo’ja madrasasi minorasi”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Itchan Kala and Talib Makhsum Madrasah.
Itchan Kala
Museum
Photo: Doron, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Itchan Kala is the walled inner town of the city of Khiva, Uzbekistan. Since 1990, it has been protected as a World Heritage Site. The old town retains more than 50 historic monuments and 250 old houses, dating primarily from the eighteenth or nineteenth centuries. Itchan Kala is situated 170 metres north of Islam Khodja Minaret.
Talib Makhsum Madrasah
Historic building
Talib Makhsum Madrasah is an architectural monument in Khiva, Khorazm Region, Republic of Uzbekistan. The madrasa was built in 1910 at the expense of Talib Makhsum, a member of khan family of Khiva Khanate.
Friday Mosque (Juma Mosque)
Mosque
Photo: Carpodacus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Juma Mosque is a 10th–18th century mosque in Khiva, Uzbekistan. It is one of the principal monuments of Itchan Kala, the walled old city of Khiva, which is a World Heritage Site. Friday Mosque (Juma Mosque) is situated 100 metres north of Islam Khodja Minaret.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khiva.
Khiva
Photo: Euyasik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Khiva is a city of 93,000 people in the western province of Khorezm in the Republic of Uzbekistan. Along with Samarkand and Bukhara, Khiva is an important and often overlooked historical site on what was once the Great Silk Road.
Islam Khodja Minaret
- Categories: building and historic site
- Location: Xorazm Region, Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
41.37659° or 41° 22′ 36″ northLongitude
60.36013° or 60° 21′ 36″ eastLevels
1Height
45 metres (148 feet)Open location code
8JH299G6+J2OpenStreetMap ID
way 185036985OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=towerOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=sunni
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“Islam Khodja Minaret” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “伊斯洛姆霍贾宣礼塔”
- French: “Minaret Islam Kodja”
- German: “Islam- Hodscha-Minarett”
- Italian: “Minareto Islam Kodja”
- Russian: “Минарет Ислам Ходжа”
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Highlights include Otojonboy Madrasah and Bagbanli Mosque.
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