Khiva
Detail of decoration of main facade of the Matniyaz Divan-begi Madrasah, 1871, Khiva, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 6, 2010, at sunrise. Commissioned by Muhammad Niyaz the rectangular, Madrasah has a traditional main facade, its high portal, decorated with majolica, having a central pentahedral niche and corner guldastas which are geometrically patterned in blue, white and green, with green brick domes. It currently houses a restaurant and the Khiva tourist agency. Khiva, ancient and remote, is the most intact Silk Road city. Ichan Kala, its old town, was the first site in Uzbekistan to become a World Heritage Site(1991). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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Arabic Ceramics Divan-begi Educational Ichan Kala Khala Khiva Madarasaa Madarsa Madrasah Madrassa Madraza Majolica Matniyaz Medersa Medresa Medrese Midrash Muhammad Scholar Tile Tiled Tiles Turkic Uzbek Uzbekistan
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