List of Khiva Palaces and Houses

Palaces and Houses
Kunya Ark (17th to 19th centuries)
Kibla Tozabag
Murillabay Palace (1910-1918)
Khudaybergan Devanov House (1908)
Matvafo Karvanbashi house (1910)
Arka Tozabag
Chadra Khauli
Islam Hoja Residence
Bagishamal (Allah Kuli Khan's Garden)

Kibla Tozabag

Summer residence of Muhammad Rahimkhan II, was built in 1897. The palace complex is located 2 kilometers south¬west of the city and occupies the territory within residen¬tial area of 0.5 hectares. Kibla Tozabag consists of three dif¬ferently sized yards with two-storey living houses behind tall ayvans and services built around the perimeter. The front yard in a single complex with a big khauz (presently, a fountain) in the middle and flowerbeds includes reception halls with large European-style windows. Besides, the sum¬mer residence comprises winter and summer mosques, madrasah, school, stable and mill. Kibla Tozabag is com¬pletely surrounded by a garden. Next to it (in the southern part) is another summer residence built by Yafandiyarkhan's prime-minister Sayyid Islam Hoja. Both complexes are made of burnt bricks in European style, the walls are decorated with gilded and painted ganch carvings. Wide and convenient doors were made by German crafts¬men. Total dimensions are 50 by 123 m.