Said Scheliker Bei complex
The Said Scheliker Bei complex is a religious building complex in Khiva . It is located in the newer outer city of Dischan-Kala not far from the Palwan-Darwaza city gate , but is still part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the historic old town of Itchan-Kala .
Building
The Said Scheliker Bei complex consists of a mosque , a medrese and a minaret . It was built by the merchant Said Scheliker Bei during the reign of Khan Alla Kuli (rule 1825 to 1842). Alla Kuli had the outer city of Dischan-Kala fortified with a city wall .
The complex's mosque has nine domes . The wooden pillars inside come from other buildings from the late 18th century. The medrese is two-story . The most striking part of the complex is the minaret. It has a height of more than 30 meters. It is crowned by an arch lantern . This has a stalactite-shaped cornice ( muqarnas ). The tower is part of an east-west axis, the so-called sun line, formed on five minarets, which also include Kalta Minor and the minaret of the Dschuma Mosque .
literature
- Alexey Arapov: The Historical Monuments of Uzbekistan . Tashkent Samarkand Bukhara Chiva Shahrisabz. SMI-ASIA, Tashkent 2016, ISBN 978-9943-17-075-9 , Chiva, p. 92, 112 .
Coordinates: 41 ° 22 ′ 36.6 ″ N , 60 ° 21 ′ 45.2 ″ E