Kalta-Minor an incomplete minaret within the Ichan-Kala citadel
Kalta-Minor should have become the biggest and highest minaret in Central Asia. Its massive base is m in diameter. However, construction was interrupted upon the death of Muhammad-Amin-khan in 1855 after a battle with the Turkmen as historian Munis reported. Legend has preserved a better version. A Bukhara Khan found out about the construction of a grandiose minaret in Khiva and agreed with its architect on the construction of a taller minaret in Bukhara. The Khiva Khan became angry and ordered the architect to be thrown from the minaret, which stopped construction. In any case, the structure rose to only 26m
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Keywords: ark, asia, autumn, citadel, fortress, khiva, kunya, madrasah, minaret, muslim, travel, uzbekistan
