The shopping arcade and behind them is the largest of the surviving buildings of the higher theological educational institutions of the madrasah of Muhammad Amin Khan. Built in 1851-1854, by order of the ruler of Khiva, Muhammad Amin Khan. The peculiarity of the architecture is double hujras, or cells for students. The building is decorated with belts of colored brick sets and majolica facings. Khiva, Uzbek SSR
- Categories: Environmental Issues, Religion & Belief, Arts, Culture & Entertainment
- Location: Khiva, Uzbekistan
- Event date: 01.10.1986
- Date published: 25.07.2023
- Author: Prihodko
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: DP86-2706a, 35 mm slide
- Media: JPEG, 5449x3576px, 14.8Mb