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KUTLUQ MURAD INAQ MADRASSAH
This madrassah consists of 81 cells (1804-1812), that house the tomb of
Allah Kuli drew Khan's (1825-1842) uncle, Kutluk Murad Inak's, atten-
tion with its two stories and by being the only madrassah with unglazed
earth reliefs on its corner towers (Fig. 12). Since somebody who died out-
side the city walls cannot be taken inside the walls according to the Khiva
law, when Kutluk Murad Inak died outside, some parts of the city walls
had to be destroyed to bury him here. In the courtyard there exists a sardo-
ba (cistern) located at the bottom of stairs. The higher platform, on which
the bazaar used to be set-up, today hosts dance and song performances
(Macleod and Mayhew, 2004).
FIGURE 12 Kutluq Murad Inaq Madrassah (commons.wikimedia.org, Photo by
Hylgeriak /Wikipedia/ CC BY-SA 3.0).
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Murad_Inak_Madrassah_Khiva.jpg
ALLAH KULI HAN MADRASSAH
This second biggest madrassah of Khiva, dated 1835, sits across from the
Kutluk Murad Inak madrassah, has plenty of decorations, and has a court-
yard surrounded by 99 cells on all four sides. Entrance portal has a single
iwan, and the side wings consist of two stories with three iwans on each