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    The Kalyan Minaret (Uzbek: Minorai Kalon, Persian/Tajik: Minâra-i Kalân, Kalon Minor, Kalon Minaret) is a minaret of the Po-i-Kalyan mosque complex in...
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    A minaret (/ˌmɪnəˈrɛt, ˈmɪnəˌrɛt/; Arabic: منارة, romanized: manāra, or Arabic: مِئْذَنة, romanized: miʾḏana; Turkish: minare; Persian: گل‌دسته, romanized: goldaste)...
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    doi:10.1163/15685209-12341399 – via JSTOR. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Po-i-Kalyan, Kalyan minaret, Kalyan Mosque and Mir-i-Arab madrasa....
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  • a list of the tallest minarets in the world. It ranks minarets by their height. The tallest minaret in the world is the minaret of the Djamaa el Djazaïr...
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    The rulers of the Karakhanids built many buildings in Bukhara: the Kalyan minaret, the Magoki Attori mosque, palaces and parks. Bukhara lies west of Samarkand...
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  • constituency in Maharashtra, India Kalyan, a Hindi monthly published by Gita Press Po-i-Kalyan, the Kalyan Minaret, located in Uzbekistan Kaliyan, Iran...
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  • "Jarkurgan Minaret". silkadv.com. Retrieved 18 September 2018. "Kalyan Minaret, Bukhara". unesco.org. Retrieved 18 September 2018. "Minaret and Archaeological...
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  • culture. The Po-i-Kalyan mosque, which had been commissioned in 1121, was one of the largest in the world, and contained the Kalyan minaret. It was a big...
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    Mirshaikh al-Pourani. This mosque is located in the Po-i-Kalyan complex. The complex includes Kalyan Minaret, Kalan Mosque, Miri Arab and Amir Olimkhan Madrasahs...
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  • Tower of death may refer to: Kalyan minaret, also known as the Tower of Death. Game of Death II, a 1981 martial arts film also known as Tower of Death...
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    Madrasah and a mosque with the tall and wide Khoja Kalon minaret, equal in width to the Kalyan Minaret, but shorter. The complex was built in 1570 during the...
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    in the historical center of Bukhara, about 300 meters southwest of Po-i-Kalyan, 100 meters southwest of the Toqi Telpak Furushon trading dome and 100 meters...
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    lancet-arch pishtaq or portal facing the square. The corners are flanked by high minarets. The mosaic panel over the iwan's entrance arch is decorated by geometrical...
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    Amin Khan built a minaret known as Kaltaminor in the western part of the Itchan Kala - next to the Konya Ark. Although this minaret was not finished,...
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    Dormition of the Mother of God Chor Minor Dzhuma Mosque Kalân Mosque Kalyan minaret Khonakhan Mosque Magok-i-Attari Mosque Magok-i-Kurpa Mosque Mosque of...
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    congregational mosque in Bukhara, of which only the Kalyan Minaret survives (c. 1127), the nearby Minaret of Vabkent (1141), and several Qarakhanid mausoleums...
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    the large blue tower in the central city square, was supposed to be a minaret. It was built in 1851 by Mohammed Amin Khan, but the Khan died and the...
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    the reigns of many Muslim governing powers, numerous mosques, madrasahs, minarets, shrines, and mausoleums were built in the city. Many have been preserved...
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    Dormition of the Mother of God Chor Minor Dzhuma Mosque Kalân Mosque Kalyan minaret Khonakhan Mosque Magok-i-Attari Mosque Magok-i-Kurpa Mosque Mosque of...
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    (modern-day Hangzhou) and is proclaimed emperor. The Kalyan minaret (as part of the Po-i-Kalyan mosque complex) is completed in Bukhara (modern Uzbekistan)...
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    Ark of Bukhara was destroyed, the red flag was raised from the top of Kalyan Minaret, and the Emir Alim Khan fled, first to his base at Dushanbe (in present-day...
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    the madrasah and khanaka, the entrance portal and a part of one of four minarets remains. The construction of the mausoleum itself began in 1403 after the...
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    Historic Centre of Bukhara. In Persian, the name of the monument means "four minarets", referring to the building's four towers. The structure was built by Khalif...
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    equipment allows it to serve up to 600 passengers per day.[citation needed] Kalyan Minaret that rises above the Bukhara city in the form of a huge vertical pillar...
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    Dormition of the Mother of God Chor Minor Dzhuma Mosque Kalân Mosque Kalyan minaret Khonakhan Mosque Magok-i-Attari Mosque Magok-i-Kurpa Mosque Mosque of...
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  • spire; originally built in 1444–1454; now raised to 61.5 m (since 2016) Kalyan Minaret Bukhara Uzbekistan 157+ 48 1127 One of the few monuments that survived...
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    citadel (the Ark) was destroyed, the red flag was raised from the top of Kalyan Minaret. On 14 September 1920, the All-Bukharan Revolutionary Committee was...
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    traditionally attributed to have been built by Arslonxon during the time of the Kalyan Minaret and Namozgoh Mosque. On either side of this room, there are two annexes...
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    monument (late 19th century). It consists of a mosque, a madrasa, and a minaret. In the mid-19th century, the city status was granted to settlements with...
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    Dormition of the Mother of God Chor Minor Dzhuma Mosque Kalân Mosque Kalyan minaret Khonakhan Mosque Magok-i-Attari Mosque Magok-i-Kurpa Mosque Mosque of...
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