Ichan-Qala (literally "internal fortress") forms the internal city of Khiva. The clay wall is over 2200 metres in length

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Ichan-Qala (literally "internal fortress") forms the internal city of Khiva. The clay wall over 2,200 m in length and 7-8 m in height surrounded Ichan-Qala. The wall was fortified with semicircular towers. The embattled gallery went along the top of wall. Defensive walls of Ichan-Qala reliably protected Khiva down to invasion of Nadir-shah in the middle of 18th century. Iranian troops took Khiva and fortification system was partly destroyed

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