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khiva is one of old cities of ancient khorezm, the pearl of eastern middle age architecture. khiva lies 25 kilometers south of present-day urgench. according to the legends khiva was founded by a son of noah, shem when he dug a well in the middle of the desert. people who drank water of that well exclaimed as “khey-vakh” which roughly means “sweet water.” and this area became a caravan destination because of merchants’ frequent visit. for the next thousand years the area was inhabited by several tribes that used the amudarya river for irrigated agriculture. according to the archeologists khiva was founded in the 5th or 4th centuries b.c. as the first major structures were built, the city became known as trading post on the silk road. and in the early 16th century it became capital of khiva khanate, one of the uzbek khanates. the majority of khiva’s immense architectural …

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years history in the khiva “ichan kala” state museum reserve fund. history of khorezm “ancient khorezm is the egypt of central asia ”-the archeologists searching the ancient traces of human civilization achieved great successes through exploring the ancient land of khorzem. they testified again that the culture, art and history of khorezm are entwined with the development of central asia." ------- s.p.tolstov ------- geographically khorezm lies in the east and the south of the aral sea, on both sides of the lower reaches of the oxus (amudarya) river and around its delta estuary in turan. it also comprises the formerly inhabited areas between the amudarya and the syrdarya rivers as well as the southern parts of the arid plateau ust-yurt, southwest of the aral sea. politically it is within modern day uzbekistan and constituted a great portion of the ancient great silk road. khorezm was one of most important lands …

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here of life in the country were initiated by the khan. and its people enjoyed his untiring care of order, culture, social life and freedom during his reign. he gained peoples’ respect especially when he managed to keep khiva khanate independent from russian forces until the late 19th century. he was not only the ruler but skilled musician and poet. he wrote his works with pen-name feruz. in 1870 khivans had very stable financial increase thanks the khans initiatives. there many big and small factories and workshops of local craftsmen in the country. and each of them had market places in the bazaars. they even exported the goods foreign countries such as persia, russia. islam khoja islam khoja was born in 1879 in the family khan’s official ibrahim khoja. islam khoja was his second son. he got his basic education from special tutors and went to medrassah in khiva. after …

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khiva is one of old cities of ancient khorezm, the pearl of eastern middle age architecture. khiva lies 25 kilometers south of present-day urgench. according to the legends khiva was founded by a son of noah, shem when he dug a well in the middle of the desert. people who drank water of that well exclaimed as “khey-vakh” which roughly means “sweet water.” and this area became a caravan destination because of merchants’ frequent visit. for the next thousand years the area was inhabited by several tribes that used the amudarya river for irrigated agriculture. according to the archeologists khiva was founded in the 5th or 4th centuries b.c. as the first major structures were built, the city became known …

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