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Ak Mosque
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “mosque in tashkent”. Today it says “a 19th century mosque in khiva”.
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Ak Mosque ( ) is a 19th century mosque in Khiva , Uzbekistan . It stands in Itchan Kala , the walled old city of Khiva, which is a World Heritage Site . It was built between 1838 and 1842 on older foundations dating as early as the seventeenth century. It consists of a square, domed room (6.35 x 6.35 m), surrounded on three sides by a portico ( iwan ). Its total size is 25.5 x 13.5 m. National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan (in Uzbek).
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mosque in tashkent
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a 19th century mosque in khiva
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