Minaret of the Juma Mosque
The minaret of the Juma Mosque is a minaret in Khiva , in the historic old town Ichan Qalʼа . It belongs to the Djuma Mosque and is part of the UNESCO World Heritage .
Building
The minaret stands directly on the north side of the Dschuma mosque. It is a brick minaret with zone decoration . At the base the minaret has a diameter of 6.2 meters. It is 32.5 meters high. The top marks an eight-arched lantern with muqarnas (stalactite cornice) and a dome . The minaret was built in place of one that collapsed in the 17th century. It was built towards the end of the 18th century with the construction or reconstruction of the Juma Mosque by Abdurrahman Minchar , a dignitary , and with the approval of the ruler Evez Muhammad ( reigned 1790-1804 ).
In Khiva there are five minarets on an east-west axis, the so-called sun line, at a distance of about 200 meters. The minaret of the Juma Mosque is in the middle. To the west stands Kalta Minor and the minaret of the Shah Kalandar Bobo complex , to the east the minaret of the Said Scheliker Bei complex and the minaret of Palwan Kari .
literature
- Alexey Arapov: The Historical Monuments of Uzbekistan . Taschenkt · Samarkand · Bukhara · Chiva · Shahrisabz. SMI-ASIA, Tashkent 2016, ISBN 978-9943-17-075-9 , Chiva, p. 92 .
Coordinates: 41 ° 22 ′ 39.6 ″ N , 60 ° 21 ′ 36.5 ″ E