Uzbekistan: The iwan or portico at Kalyan or Kalon mosque and minaret, part of the Po-i-Kalyan complex, Bukhara. The Kalyan Mosque is Bukhara's congregational mosque or Friday Mosque. It was built in the 16th century on the site of an older mosque destroyed by Genghis Khan. The Kalyan minaret or Minâra-i Kalân (Persian/Tajik for the 'Grand Minaret') is part of the Po-i-Kalyan mosque complex and was designed by Bako and built by the Qarakhanid ruler Arslan Khan in 1127. The minaret is made in the form of a circular-pillar brick tower, narrowing upwards.

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