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SAYID ALAUDDIN MAUSOLEUM
Sayid Alauddin (d. 1302) was a local Naqshibandi sheik and sufi in the
time of Pakhlavan Mahmoud. Sayid Alauddin Mausoleum is the oldest
structure in Khiva, and was built by his successor, Emir Kulyal (d. 1370)
as a tomb room and adjacent mosque (Fig. 17). The mausoleum consists of
two chambers, one being a ziyarethane where people can visit and “guest-
room” for the visitors, and the other being gurhane where the grave is
located The feature in the plan of the structure is intended to draw atten-
tion and light towards the burial chamber (Prochazka, 1990). Being a 14th
century Mogol era building, it was built again by Allah Kuli Han. The
sarcophagus in the very plain looking tomb is especially worth seeing with
its light-blue, dark-blue and white floral-patterned tiles (Gombos, 1976).
FIGURE 17 Sayid Alauddin Mausoleum (flickr.com, Photo by dalbera/ CC BY 2.0).
Retrieved November 15, 2013 from http://www.flickr.com/photos/dalbera/5596918457/in/
photolist.
In Khiva, the bazaars with shops, the caravanserais, the covered bazaar
called tim, and hamams are located close to the city gates. The bazaar area,
which is primarily located at the east gate, moved out of Ichan Kala in the
19th century, when Tash Hauli and Kutluk Murad Inak madrassahs were
built and the area got smaller. The bazaar, which started immediately be-
hind Palvan Darvaza used to extend to the slave market, but still remained
within Dishpan Kala (Mankovskaya, 1982). According to Khudaiberdy
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