Kutlug Timur Minaret

Kutlug Timur Minaret
Kutlug Timur Minaret as seen in May 2006
Kutlug Timur Minaret is located in Turkmenistan
Kutlug Timur Minaret
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LocationKonye-Urgench, Daşoguz Province, Turkmenistan
Coordinates42°20′N 59°09′E / 42.333°N 59.150°E / 42.333; 59.150
TypeMonument
Height60 m (197ft)
History
Founded1011 AD[1]
PeriodsKhwarazmian dynasty
CulturesKhwarezm
Site notes
ConditionRuined
Official nameKunya-Urgench
TypeCultural
Criteriaii, iii
Designated2005 (29th session)
Reference no.1199
RegionAsia and Australasia

Kutlug Timur minaret is a minaret in Konye-Urgench in north Turkmenistan, Central Asia. It was built in 1011 during the Khwarazmian dynasty. The height of the minaret is 60 meters with a diameter of 12 metres at the base and 2 metres at the top.[1] In 2005, the ruins of Old Urgench where the minaret is located were inscribed on the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites.[2]

The Kutlug Timur minaret belongs to a group of around 60 minarets and towers built between the 11th and the 13th centuries in Central Asia, Iran and Afghanistan including the Minaret of Jam, Afghanistan.

On the basis of its decorative brickwork, including Kufic inscriptions, the minaret is thought to be an earlier construction but was restored by Kutlug-Timur around 1330.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Kutlug Timur minaret". tourstoturkmenistan.com. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Kunya-Urgench". UNESCO World Heritage Center. UNESCO. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  3. ^ Golombek, L. 2011. 'The Turabeg Khanom Mausoleum in Kunya Urgench: Problems of Attribution, in Muqarnas. An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World, Volume 28, 133-156.
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