Abdullakhan Madrasah (Khiva)

Abdullakhan Madrasah is an architectural monument in Khiva. It is located between Olloquli Khan and Kutlugmurad Inak madrasas in Itchan Kala. It was built in memory of Abdulla Khan (brother of Khan of Khiva, Kutlugmurad Inak) by his mother after his death at age 17 in 1855 in a battle with Turkmen Yavmuts. It is located west of the White Mosque. Currently, it is considered an object of cultural heritage of Uzbekistan. It is also a tourist service and exhibition facility, and is home to the Khorezm Museum of Nature, whose exhibition was first established in 1960. The last exposition of the museum took place in 2010. After the death of Muhammad Amin Khan (1845–1855) in 1855, his son Abdullah Khan came to power in Khiva Khanate. During the short reign of Abdullah Khan, who ruled for only six months, there was a fierce struggle with the nomadic tribes, as a result of which Abdullah Khan died in August 1855. In Kamiljon Khudoyberganov's work "Khiva Khans Family Tree" Abdullah Khan is described as follows: Abdulla Khan was a man of no words, and with the words of Mir Ahmad, he shed the blood of several innocents. He was in a hurry and impatient. But he was brave and valued friendship and justice. He did not have a son, but he had a daughter, who was married to Abdulaziz. After Abdullah Khan's death, his mother built a madrasah to preserve her son's name. The building has two entran

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